Help! We Need A Title!
by
Herve Tullet
Order:
USA
Can
Candlewick, 2014 (2014)
Hardcover
Reviewed by Bob Walch
S
ome people will call this a very clever picture book, but I'm not one of them. Open this book and it appears a very young child scribbled on the pages. Follow the text and you'll learn that that isn't the case, but I had trouble convincing a young reader that an adult rather than a child was responsible for these drawings.
I
s there a storyline here? Not really. In fact, the story is that there is no story ... just some odd characters who are obviously not ready for
prime time
! You'll also find mug shots of the author. Why he feels a need to include himself is beyond me!
I
n an attempt to be funny (at least that is what I am assuming he was doing) the author writes, '
Look, if you're not happy, you can go and look for a story somewhere else / There are lots of other books, you know!
'
H
mm, that's excellent advice. That is exactly what I did!
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