Saturday, April 14, 2018

Smiley’s Dream Book by Jeff Smith - NO

Smith, Jeff Smiley’s Dream Book.  PICTURE BOOK.  Graphix (Scholastic), 2018.  $18.  9780545674775.

Smiley Bone is walking through the woods when he takes to the air with a flock of birds and saves them from a predator.  Or was it all a dream?

I thoroughly enjoy the Bone books, but I don’t understand why Smith used the same character in this picture book.  His ghostly pallor is a weird contrast to the colorful birds.  The end with it all being just a dream feels a bit of a cop out.

NOT RECOMMENDED.  Cindy, Library Teacher


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