2003 Caldecott Honor recipient Peter McCarty didn't exactly win me over as a fan with this 2009 boy-creates-monster-learns-lesson storybook. I can certainly see McCarty's art as being worthy of an award in the right story, but this volume just didn't click for me. Three stars for the art alone. T...
Title: Henry in LoveAuthor/Illustrator: Peter McCartyISBN: 9780061142888Date of Publication: December 22, 2009Review: This is a hilarious story about a young cat named Henry, his love interest, a rabbit named Chloe, and the baked-good that brought them together. The illustrations in this book are...
Peter McCarty's new book is wonderfully illustrated as usual. It's the story of Chloe, the middle child of 21 kids. Her favorite time of the day is when all of her siblings come home and they can all have family fun time.This particular day her father brings home a television set. Everyone is exc...
I enjoyed this sequel to "Jeremy Draws a Monster" better than the original. Jeremy gets a call from his monster, the one he sent away in the first book, saying that he's bored and he's coming back home. So Jeremy calls up the kids on the street and gives them magic pens to draw their own monster ...