Tuesday, April 3, 2018

The Manic Panic by Richa Jha - ESSENTIAL

Jha, Richa The Manic Panic, illustrated by Mithila Ananth.  PICTURE BOOK.  Creston Books, 2018.  $17.  9781939547439.

When the wifi goes down, a young girl has to drag herparents out of the house an show them that there is other life out there.  Until, that is, she comes home and realizes that she can’t finish her book report without wifi!

I love that this comes straight from India – Indian author, Indian illustrator and Indian characters, originally published in India.  The sentiment rings true anywhere anyone is tied to their wifi and their devices.  Pair this with If You Give a Mouse an iPhone.  Most people won’t actually learn the lesson in the books, but they will have a great laugh!

EL – ESSENTIAL.  Cindy, Library Teacher

1 comment:

Ms. Yingling said...

This looks fantastic!