The Horn Book Guide

EASY READERS

Arnold, Tedd , Hamilton, Martha , Weiss, Mitch

Noodleheads See the Future

48 pp. | Holiday | January, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8234-3673-6 $15.95

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Tedd Arnold. Foolish Noodleheads Mac and Mac (Noodlehead Nightmares) hope their mother will bake them a cake. While searching for oven firewood over the course of three easy-reader chapters, they are tricked, bamboozled, and outsmarted. The brothers' silliness, wordplay, and comics format are engaging, but the pacing and the connection between scenarios feel forced. An author's note links each exploit to an original story source.

Reviewer: Patrick Gall