Horn Book Guide Reviews
In Patricelli's (Quiet Loud and many others) latest board books starring the single-curlicued, gender-unspecified toddler, the little tyke grows a tooth (Tooth) and graduates from crib to big-kid bed (Bed). Each experience offers challenges (i.e., excessive drooling and fear of being alone, respectively), but the rewards of both are clear. Patricelli's recognizable and cheery acrylics with thick black outlines ramp up the reassurance levels. [Review covers these titles: Big Kid Bed and Tooth.] Copyright 2019 Horn Book Guide Reviews.
Horn Book Magazine Reviews
In Patricelli's (Quiet Loud and many others) latest board books starring the single-curlicued, gender-unspecified toddler, the little tyke grows a tooth (Tooth) and graduates from crib to big-kid bed (Bed). Each experience offers challenges (i.e., excessive drooling and fear of being alone, respectively), but the rewards of both are clear. In Tooth: "Now I can bite. Crunch. And chew. Chomp chomp." In Bed: "It's so soft…Comfy!" Tooth offers some simple instructions about oral hygiene and what not to do with one's teeth (don't bite your friends), along with appended "More Good Things to Bite" and "More Bad Things to Bite." Bed follows the narrative structure of some of Patricelli's previous milestone books (Hair; Potty, rev. 1/11): I'm excited about trying this new big-kid thing, but I'm also worried. Should I just revert back to what I'm comfortable with? The answer is a firm but gentle no, which here the toddler realizes with a minimum of fuss. Patricelli's recognizable and cheery color-saturated, textured acrylics with thick black outlines ramp up the reassurance levels. elissa Gershowitz Copyright 2018 Horn Book Magazine Reviews.