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This Is My Book
Mick Inkpen

Hodder & Stoughton
June 1, 2012 / ISBN 9780340989630
Picture book, (ages 3-5)
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Reviewed by Bob Walch

Bookmouse is very particular about his words or, more precisely, the words in his favorite books. Snapdragon loves to bedevil Bookmouse by doing nasty things to these very same words. For example, the flying reptile relishes swooping down and biting off the "k" and part of the "b" of this very book title. Now, what do you have? "This is my Poo". Oh dear, that's not very nice is it?

Since Snapdragon thinks that's really funny, he has no intention of stopping this raiding of Bookmouse's books. He intends to keep gobbling down letters in this manner.

It is up to Bookmouse to devise a plan to make Snapdragon cease and desist his word attacks. Enlisting his friends as well as the ghosts of the Woollywolves in the Moonwood forest, Bookmouse finds a way to teach the wayward Snapdragon a lesson he won't soon forget.

A clever story with a text that plays lightheartedly across the illustrations and onomatopoeia makes this a delightful book to read aloud. This will quickly become one of your child's favorite story books and, no doubt, you'll find it a happy read too!

 
Reviewed 2012
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