The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Maxwell, Andy

Once Upon a Slime

40 pp. | Little | July, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-0-316-39326-3 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-316-51040-0

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Samantha Cotterill. A cast of fairy-tale characters is all looking for the perpetrator of many recent sliming incidents; even the book's author is questioned ("Me?...That's crazy!"). Finally, the Frog Prince announces that he's the revenge-seeking slimer, but a kiss from Goldilocks turns the little green frog into (as usual) a real prince. Drawn in ink and digitally colored, the illustrations are full of green goop in this humorous send-up.

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt