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32 pp.
| Dial
| April, 2018
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TradeISBN 978-0-7352-2884-9$16.99
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"Once upon a time, a thief committed a crime. / Everything he stole was replaced with a rhyme." Readers will find pleasure in guessing the rhymes ("Hammy's brand-new hat / was swapped for a...")--easy enough until the thief steals someone's orange and replaces it with "ummm...splorange?" The billboard-bright cartoonish illustrations of goggle-eyed blob-creatures are droll but have a hastily executed look.
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A green blob sits on the left-hand page; two googly eyes sit on the right. "What happens when you turn the page?" "SPLAT!": the green blob has googly eyes. The cumulative pattern continues across eleven page turns as the beleaguered blob becomes festooned with pie, then confetti, sunglasses, etc. The book recalls Hervé Tullet's interactive Press Here, but with a single joke and rushed-looking cartoony art it doesn't have enough going for it.