FICTION

Rumble Grumble … Hush

by Kate BANKS
illus. by Simone Shin. 40p. Random/Schwartz & Wade. Mar. 2018. Tr $17.99. ISBN 9781101940495.
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PreS-K—A young boy and his dog play imaginative games with a collections of toys that come to life as a full size dragon, monkey, and bear. They enjoy both playing loudly and quietly over the course of a single day. They roar and dance as well as draw and read, whiling away their time from morning till bedtime. While adorably illustrated, the text in this book reads inconsistently and lacks flow. The awkward transition from loud play, which lasts only a few pages, to quiet play which continues for much of the book is disappointing. The emphasis on sounds is dropped around the same time as quiet play begins, and is only subtly picked up again with sounds like "shhh" and "purrr."
VERDICT For books that do a great job incorporating sounds with a cohesive story try Squeak! Rumble! Whomp! Whomp! Whomp! by Wynton Marsalis or I Got the Rhythm by Connie Schofield-Morrison. An additional purchase.
Reviewed by Shana Shea, Windsor Public Library, CT , Mar 01, 2018

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