Mail Harry to the Moon!
by
Robie H. Harris & Michael Emberley
Order:
USA
Can
Little, Brown & Co., 2008 (2008)
Hardcover
Reviewed by Hilary Williamson
A
fter reading the title, I immediately wondered who's Harry? Harry is the infant brother of the young narrator, who immediately embarks on a rant about how hard life has become since Harry arrived, relating his own reactions. He begins, '
Before Harry was born, there was ME!
'
W
hen Harry bites his banana, spits up, chews big brother's gorilla, takes over Grandma's lap, and screams all night, our irritated protagonist wants to: throw baby brother in the trash; flush him down the toilet; stick him in the zoo; put him '
back inside Mommy
'; and '
mail Harry to the moon!
' But when Harry is nowhere to be found in the morning, his brother searches all the places he'd wished him, and even launches an imaginative lunar rescue.
R
obie H. Harris tells a sweet story of sibling rivalry and adjustment, ably assisted by Michael Emberley's emotive illustrations, and enlivened by the young narrator's imagination. The ending is perfect: '
Before Harry was born - there was ME. / Now there's ME AND HARRY!
'
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