Daywalt, Drew The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors, illustrated
by Adam Rex. PICTURE BOOK. Balzer + Bray (HarperCollins), 2017. $17.99.
This is
the origin story of the oft-played game, Rock-Paper-Scissors. Rock hails from
the realm of Kingdom of Backyard, Paper from the Empire of Mom's Home Office,
and Scissors has spent her life in the Kitchen Realm. But none of them has
found an opponent truly worthy to battle in their respective lands. It is only
after they each venture forth on their own, seeking new challenges to face,
that they find one another--and discover warriors with skills worthy of true
battle.
This book is, in a word, hilarious. I found myself literally laughing
out loud, maybe in tears at some points, at the exploits of Rock, Paper and
Scissors. The text is genius and Rex's illustrations are absolutely on point.
Kids and adults alike will love this book. Aside from being brilliantly
hilarious, it could lend itself to some fun writing prompts about origin
stories of other stories, games, etc.
EL (K-3), EL--ESSENTIAL Reviewer: TC
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