Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat
I have just started this new book by Lynne Jonell. It got rave reviews and so I ordered it. When it arrived I wondered about the cover. Would it help or hinder a person looking for a new book to read. Some call it a classic. What do you think? Don’t forget you can share your two cents with the comment button below.
When I first opened the book, I flipped the pages looking to see how many pages there were. Hmmm…. 346. Then I noticed something moving on the pages. At the top of each page is a border of a tree from which the rat falls as you flip with your thumb from front to back. This is a cool feature by illustrator, Jonathan Bean.
Here’s the book jacket blurb…
“Emmy was a good girl. At least she tried very hard to be good. She did her homework without being told. She ate all her vegetables, even the slimy ones. And she never talked back to her nanny, Miss Barmy, although it was almost impossbile to keep quiet, some days. She really was a little too good. Which is why she liked to sit by the Rat. The Rat was not good at all…”
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