by Kelly Bingham
I don't always (or even usually) include picture books in my tally for the year, but I loved this one so much that it seemed like a shame not to make note of it. It's been a highlight of my reading year so far, a rollicking good time for readalouds from my littlest up through grade three. From incre...
Last week my daughter's godmother gave her the picture book Z Is for Moose by Kelly Bingham, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky.Moose is so excited about being in this book! He can hardly wait. With each page we see his patience dwindle. Finally, we arrive at the letter M, and it's not what we -- or Mo...
Breaking the frame of the narrative is something that's been done a lot lately. So was there something different about this one? I don't know. The best part was when the moose had a tantrum at the spread for O and Q and obliterated the page. On some pages only the slightest hint of the 'underneath' ...
I have a particular fondness for abecedarian books, as well as for children's books that play with conventions, and a special affection for moose, too. So, yeah, I loved it, my ten-year-old loved it. Rates up there with the amusing Chester and The Three Pigs as picture book pleasures for older reade...
Next to Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and Animalia, the most entertaining ABC picture book I've read. Poor Moose!
Fun alphabet antics ensue when overeager Moose gets booted from the lineup and throws a tantrum.
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