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32 pp.
| Scholastic
| June, 2014
|
TradeISBN 978-0-545-64795-3$16.99
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Ben Cort.
At bedtime, a lonely, imaginative boy queries the full moon in a stream-of-consciousness series of questions until he falls asleep--"Do you have a bouncy bed?" "Do you have lots of friends, Moon?" "Can you see under the sea?" Cheerful, cartoony acrylic illustrations on double-page spreads depict each imagined scenario.
32 pp.
| Simon/Aladdin
| September, 2013
|
TradeISBN 978-1-4424-8512-9$15.99
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Ben Cort.
In Freedman and Cort's newest Underpants book, pirates in search of treasure called Pants of Gold vanquish their rivals with swords to their elastic waistbands. The jaunty and usually well-metered rhyming text is packed with giggle-inducing moments of reverence toward underwear. The wide-faced pirates in the illustrations, shown at the end to be a child's toys, are never too scary.
32 pp.
| Simon/Aladdin
| January, 2010
|
TradeISBN 978-1-4169-8938-7$15.99
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Ben Cort.
Finally, a sound explanation for dinosaurs' extinction: their obsession with cavemen's underpants led to "a great briefs tug-of-war," during which the dinos were done in. It's all so hilariously ridiculous that readers won't mind if Freedman's rhymes sometimes lose the beat. Cort employs some fierce colors in his amusing illustrations of underwear-clad men and beasts.
32 pp.
| Walker
| June, 2009
|
TradeISBN 978-0-8027-9841-1$15.99
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Ben Cort.
When a shark comes looking for a snack, all the fish take refuge in a nearby sunken ship. There, a squid offers the suggestion that they band together to appear like a whale and scare the shark away. It's not the most original premise (see Leo Lionni's classic Swimmy), but the bouncy rhyming text, illustrated with deep-sea hues, carries the story along.
32 pp.
| Barron's
| November, 2007
|
TradeISBN 978-0-7641-6087-5$14.99
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Ben Cort.
The book's narrator explains that for aliens, the true allure of Earth is our undies (there are none in space), and that extraterrestrials are to blame for every pair that goes missing. Though some of the rhymes are wobbly, the book is giddy, silly fun. The illustrations don't skimp on color or activity but do maintain some level of decorum.