FICTION

Don't Splash the Sasquatch!

by Kent REDEKER
Don't Splash the Sasquatch! illus. by Bob Staake. 40p. Disney-Hyperion. May 2016. Tr $16.99. ISBN 9781423152330.
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PreS-Gr 2—Señor Sasquatch wants to spend the day by the pool but doesn't want to get splashed. Water makes his fur "all squizzilefied." Miss Elephant Shark, Mr. Octo-Rhino, Miss Goat-Whale, and Miss Loch-Ness-Monster-Space-Alien ask to jump in the pool. Lifeguard Blobule allows them in but requests that they please not splash the Sasquatch. Of course, each one does. And Sasquatch gets squizzilefied. To help him recover, the friends spin, shimmy, and style him. He is so excited about his great new look that he has a splashy pool party to celebrate. The colorful, computer-generated cutout illustrations are fittingly playful and bright. Characters have wonderfully exaggerated facial expressions.
VERDICT The plot may not be groundbreaking, but readers will have too much fun to care. A super summertime selection sure to make a splash.
Reviewed by Amelia Jenkins, Juneau Public Library, AK
In this successor to Don't Squish the Sasquatch!, Señor Sasquatch wants to sit by the pool unsplashed: when wet, his fur gets "all squizzlefied." Unfortunately, a series of animal-mash-up pool guests (Mr. Octo-Rhino, Miss Goat-Whale, etc.) don't get the memo; later they join forces to placate the squizzlefied party. The first-rate silliness features tastefully goofy art.
 , May 01, 2016

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