Say Hello Like This! by Mary Murphy
2014; Johns Hopkins University Press; Volume: 67; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1353/bcc.2014.0117
ISSN1558-6766
Autores ResumoReviewed by: Say Hello Like This! by Mary Murphy Thaddeus Andracki Murphy, Mary. Say Hello Like This!; written and illus. by Mary Murphy. Candlewick, 2014. [16p]. ISBN 978-0-7636-6951-5 $12.99 Reviewed from galleys R 1-4 yrs. A menagerie of creatures—frogs, beetles, donkeys—greet each other in their distinctive ways, culminating in a “hullabaloo” that only has “one hello missing—let’s hear it from you.” Some hellos will certainly be familiar, as with the dogs’ “licky and loud” bow-wow, while others like the beetles’ tiny “tip tap tip tap” might be [End Page 326] new to wee ones. As with A Kiss Like This (BCCB 2/13), the half-page flaps that reveal the salutations (“A chicken hello is flappy and clucky …/like this! cluck cluck cluck”) will be extra fun layered on top of the boisterous animal noises that kids will surely want to chime in on. Murphy’s distinct ink and watercolor illustrations again pair strong shapeliness and a candy-coated color scheme to make for a friendly visual experience that matches the book’s sweet, silly tone. The bold outlining of the pictures and the participatory nature makes this a winning choice for library lapsits or storytimes on animal sounds—especially ones that enthusiastically encourage toddler noisemaking. Copyright © 2014 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
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