The Horn Book Guide

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Hayes, Geoffrey

Benny and Penny in "The Toy Breaker"

32 pp. | RAW Junior | April, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-1-935179-07-8 $12.95

(2) K-3 Toon Book series. Mouse siblings Benny and Penny's cousin Bo comes to visit: "Hide all the toys!" The book's fun is in the visual counterpoint between the sweetly rustic milieu and the manic slapstick. Hayes's witty illustrations express much with the twitch of a whisker. The neat cartoon panels allow a good balance between information in the pictures and the ballooned dialogue.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2010