  | You make me sneeze! Author: Flake, Sharon G. | |
| Price: $23.28 | ||
Summary:
Best friends Duck and Cat have a problem--Cat makes Duck sneeze! "I think--achoo!--I'm allergic to you," Duck declares. Hilarity ensues as Cat keeps trying to solve the problem--but Duck keeps sneezing! Is Duck really allergic to Cat or is something else going on?
| Illustrator: | Raff, Anna |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (12/01/23)
School Library Journal (03/29/24)
Booklist (02/15/24)
Full Text Reviews:
School Library Journal - 03/29/2024 K-Gr 3—Cat and Bird face a change in their friendship while on a camping trip. Bird begins to sneeze. Cat kindly starts to cook up some healing tickle-bark tea while Bird hypothesizes that the problem is being newly allergic to Cat. The sneezes are tremendous, body-shaking ones. Cat dons a sleeping bag, then a pot for a hat, covering as much fur as possible at Bird's request. Then Cat is banished to outside the tent. Bird's vision, because of the allergic reaction, is compromised. Bird's bossiness, coming from a desperate allergic reaction, borders on bullying. Cat, responding, sends Bird home, though they are in a wilderness. Then Bird is contrite, pledging lifelong friendship, and flowers in Cat's backpack are proven the source of the allergy. Honestly, kids with fur allergies will be perplexed for at least a beat—is it really just pollen they are allergic to? The dialogue reads like two adults bickering, but with occasional barbs. A massively confusing story in conversation, conveyed only through speech bubbles, this comic book-style picture book is bruising in so many ways. VERDICT A nothingburger with a side of mean. Children and caretakers dealing with miserable and even life-threatening allergies may not see anything funny here at all.—Kimberly Olson Fakih - Copyright 2024 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.
