The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Jenkins, Emily

My Favorite Thing (According to Alberta)

40 pp. | Atheneum/Schwartz | June, 2004 | Trade ISBN 0-689-84975-3 $$15.95

(2) K-3 Illustrated by AnnaLaura Cantone. From the opening spread, we know that "Alberta is a girl of particular tastes." What follows is an idiosyncratic rundown, depicted in humorously manic mixed-media cartoons, of Alberta's likes and dislikes. "So, wouldn't you like to know Alberta's favorite thing?" She loves herself best of all, of course, and getting to know her in such an entertaining fashion, it's easy to see why.

Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2004