Picture Books

Where the Wild Things Are

Author and Illustrator: Maurice Sendak

ISBN: 9780064431781

ISBN 10:  0064431789

Publisher: HarperCollins

Date: 1963

This book is about a boy named Max and he dresses in his wolf suit. He was causing a ruckus in his house and he was sent to bed without eating. A forest grew in his room and his room became the actual world. He sailed in a boat for over a year and ended up where the wild things are. Max tamed them and they were scared of him. They thought he was wild and made him the king. Max became lonely and left. The wild things didn’t want him to leave. Max sailed for over a year back home. He found his dinner waiting for him and it was still hot.

This book is a very famous book. Almost everyone knows about this book. I haven’t read this book in a long time so I thought I would refresh my memory. I think the pictures are awesome. They look so real and are very detailed. I can tell especially looking at the wild things. Their faces and feet are very detailed and make you think that they are real. When he sails, the ocean and the trees look real. I just love this book because the pictures are so fun to look at. I bet a lot of children have gotten sent to bed without dinner or dessert for doing something bad.  I think it is cool because they can relate to this and use their imagination to see what can happen. The pictures are impeccably done and just really add to the entire story and you feel like you’re actually there. This is just a fabulous book and I give it a 10 out of 10.

Knuffle Bunny Too

By: Mo Willems

Publisher: New York, New York : Hyperion Books for Children

Published: 2004

ISBN-10: 9780786818709

ISBN-13: 978-0786818709

Trixie took a walk with her dad and was excited to show her bunny to all her friends at school. Her friend Sonja had the same bunny as she did. They were arguing about the bunnies so they both got them taken away. Ms. Greengrove gave them their bunnies back at the end of the day. Then she goes home and goes to bed. She wakes up in the middle of the night and realizes that she was given the wrong bunny. Trixie met with Sonja in the middle of the night and got their bunnies back. Then they became best friends.

I absolutely love this book. I have never heard of it before. I was researching to try and find a picture book and I came across this one. I think it is brilliant how there is the combination of photos and drawings. Since the drawings are up against a black and white photo, I think the characters stand out so much more because they are in color. I think it is cool how the characters are cartoons too. It allows the reader to focus on the characters emotions and how they are feeling in the book rather than being distracted by tons of background images. I give this book a 10 out of 10.

 

Bark George

By: Jules Feiffer

Publisher: HarperCollins

Publish Date: June 3, 1999

ISBN-10: 0062051857

ISBN-13: 978-0062051851

George’s mom was trying to teach him how to bark. He meowed, quaked, oinked, etc. George could not understand how to bark like a dog. He then went to the vet and the vet pulled out a cat, duck, pig and cow. After this, George could finally bark and his mom was very happy.

I liked this book a lot. I thought it had a really cute and fun story line. While entertaining children, it also teaches them their animals and the sounds they make. I think the pictures are very plain but I like it that way. I feel like the book doesn’t need that much detail. It is a very simple book and the pictures are simple. I like how each page is a solid color so you can really see the animals. The vet is one of those funny cartoon characters. The dogs are cute and you can really see the mother’s emotions in each picture. When she gets to the vet, her expression is sad because George can’t bark. When the vet reaches and pulls out the duck, the mom’s expression is surprised. At one point, she even covers her eyes. I think the pictures of the animals are well done and very cute. It is cute how the mom kisses the vet at the end. The pictures are great and it is just a really good book to read to children. I give this book a 10 out of 10.