![]() ![]() Like Bunting, Cocca-Leffler is adroit at capturing the comic realities of family life-children should get a particular kick out of seeing Dad peering under an armchair for his missing reading glasses, his derriere in the air. Jazzy borders, a frisky sense of composition, clean lines and bright colors, along with skillfully deployed white space, give her pictures a strong graphic quality. ![]() ""I like this television thing,"" says the boy, eyeing the remote control, ""You push it and it makes a ping./ Cartoons come on and sometimes news./ I think I'll take my mother's shoes."" Cocca-Leffler (previously paired with Bunting for I Don't Want to Go to Camp) extends the buoyant mood of the story with cheery illustrations. 5-8) A string of treasured buttons becomes a metaphor for a young girl’s struggle to accept her new stepmother in this poignant exploration of love and loss. She also shows a keen understanding of how everyday objects-especially those that belong to other people-fascinate very young children. Bunting (Doll Baby, see above, etc.) has found an original way to tell an old story about making room for new memories. Bunting's rhyming text manages to have both a bouncy beat and an authentically colloquial voice. ![]() When his frantic family finally discovers what he's done, the chastened child is comforted by getting to ride in the backpack himself. Call this an accumulative tale: a bespectacled boy gets a backpack from Grandma and proceeds to fill it up with just about everything in the house. ![]()
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