No More Water in the Tub! by Tedd Arnold (1995) is a some fun silliness. The first sentence is, “In a bathroom near the top floor of a tall apartment building, William was ready for his bath.” We can assume this is foreshadowing; somehow the flood illustrated on the cover will reach the floors below. And it does. Arnold playa with language to turn this premise into a fun read. On the floors below live Mabel who floats on a table, Sue and Vern who cling to a fern, and Uncle Nash who rides a box of trash. Arnold finds a way to transform this plumbing disaster into an heroic response to an accident in the Ferlingattis’ apartment. The ending is still a few pages away.
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Frederick by Leo Lionni values the imagination. While Frederick's family gathers food supplies for the winter, Frederick sit... -
Molly and the Sword by Robert Shlasko, (1996) is unoriginal and tedious. Molly is a good daughter who demonstrates qualities one mi...