Witty New Picture Books!

Tue, 04/05/2016 - 4:55pm by eapearce

Readers of all ages will enjoy the brand new book A Hungry Lion, Or A Dwindling Assortment of Animals, by Lucy Cummins. The book opens with a depiction of a hungry lion surrounded by various other animals, including but not limited to a penguin, a little calico kitten, a bunny with floppy ears and a bunny with non-floppy ears, a koala, a pig, and a slightly bigger pig. As readers turn the pages, more and more animals disappear until only the hungry lion and the turtle remain. Who’s stealing all the animals?! Or could the answer to their departure be a little closer to home…? This absolutely charming book allows young problem solvers to begin to guess what’s going on, then delights all with a lovely twist at the end.

In Skunk on a String, by Thao Lam, readers are introduced to skunk who has been tied to the string of a bright pink balloon. This wordless picture book shows the skunk passing through various city scenes, including a bustling parade, a construction site, and a traffic jam, and then ultimately landing on top of a Ferris wheel. Try as he might, Skunk cannot seem to find anyone to untie him… but when he’s finally able to free himself from the balloon he finds that he misses life in the air and devises a unique plan to be able to fly again. The art in this book is created through paper collage in whimsical colors and patterns, capturing urban life in the exact right way. Readers will delight in the new vantage point offered by Skunk while he is on his balloon voyage!