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Laura Gehl is the author of One Big Pair of
Underwear, Cat Has a Plan, Goat Wants to Eat, Pig Makes
Art, Dog Can Hide, Cat Sees Snow, Frog Can
Hop, Snow Is…, You’re the Sprinkles on My Ice Cream, You’re
the Pumpkin in My Pie, and The Elevator on 74th Street. She
lives with her husband and their four kids in Chevy Chase,
Maryland. Visit her online at LauraGehl.com.
Tom Lichtenheld has illustrated several bestselling picture
books, including One Big Pair of Underwear; Shark vs.
Train; Duck! Rabbit!; and Goodnight, Goodnight,
Construction Site. He lives with his wife in Illinois. Visit him at
TomLichtenheld.com.
"[A] cunning concept that enlivens the standard counting book with
a soupcon of subtraction and a touch of tongue-twisting in the
tightly packed rhymes, and it brings some welcome comedy to the
venerable but often unexciting topic of sharing. Lichtenheld's
pencil and digital color illustrations are robust yet
helter-skelter, with pages rife with motion lines and expressions
cinematically exaggerated. The animals are neatly and countably
arrayed in tidy tripartite layouts that are effectively counter-
balanced with airy spot art. The figures are no dull clones,
though: position, dress, and even commentary subtly distinguish
them, and the poor excluded animals range from the thunderously
angry to the melodramatically sad. The bounce of the verse will
keep the interest even of youngsters not ready for the math, and
kids who've progressed beyond basic counting books will be
intrigued by the challenge and delighted by the comedy."
11/10/14 03:06:05 PM--Bulletin, Starred Review "December 2014 "
Take one counting book, mix it with a comical tale of
underwear-sharing, add some tongue-twisting rhymes, and soon there
will be uncontrollable laughter....The rhymes follow familiar
spelling patterns (including -ack, -eal, -ar, -at, -ook, and the
nervous-making -uck), making this a perfect book for new readers
(think Hop on Pop). The goofy situations are made even goofier
through Lichtenheld's familiar and fabulous digitally colored
pencil illustrations: it's hard to keep a straight face when cats
are blowing up air mattresses or baboons are playing trombones. The
final exuberant parade, and the quietly amusing endpapers, ensure
that this will be a popular book for storyhours and independent
reading alike. Who knew sharing could be so much fun?--Horn Book,
Sept/Oct. 2014
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