Buster Loves Buttons!

by Fran Manushkin, Dirk Zimmer (Illustrator)

After buying all the buttons he can, Buster, the button glutton, begins stealing them off people's clothes until Kippy and her dog decide to stop him.

Genres: Childrens

68 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Fran Manushkin is the author of more than fifty books for children, including the Katie Woo series; Big Girl Panties, illustrated by Valeria Petrone; Big Sisters Are the Best, illustrated by Kirsten Richards; The Tushy Book, illustrated by Tracy Dockray; and Baby, Come Out!, illustrated by Ronald Himler and translated into eight languages. She lives in New York City.

Reviews

[Snickerdoodle · Rating 4 out of 5]

very funny

[Linda (NOT RECEIVING NOTIFICATIONS) · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an odd tale of a little boy, Buster, who obsesses with buttons. He can't get enough. After buying up every button in town he goes on a mission to steal the buttons right off all the townspeople's clothes while they are wearing them.

Kippy, a little girl, has had enough. She sews the shiniest buttons she can find onto a big red bag and taunts Buster into trying to take them. Of course, he follows her everywhere, losing much of his hoarded treasure along the way. Her goal? For him to learn a lesson and he finally does.

The pictures of everyone are very expressive. I can see a grownup reading this book to children ages 5 and up over several days pausing along the way so everyone to absorb the silly illustrations. It is 68 pages but this 'I Can Read' book allows kids 8 and up to enjoy reading it alone while Buster goes on his adventures.

[Elizabeth · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found this book incredibly creepy.

[Kristine & Cassie · Rating 1 out of 5]

I didn't much like the ambiguity of the moral for a kids book.