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Nerp!
What’s for dinner? How about skizzle klumps n’ gizzardlumps? A hilarious look at mealtime with a pair of persnickety eaters, in the most fun made-up language ever!
Would you like a bite of frizzle frazzle hotchy potch ? How about a plate of mushy gushy bloobarsh ? NERP, says our hero. Nerpity nerpity nerp! (That’s “NO” to you!) With nonsense language and humorously expressive illustrations, this delightfully silly picture book tells the story of two picky eaters—one child, one pet—of indiscriminate species, a multitude of supposedly tasty goodies, and one surprising solution to a familiar childhood situation.
Would you like a bite of frizzle frazzle hotchy potch ? How about a plate of mushy gushy bloobarsh ? NERP, says our hero. Nerpity nerpity nerp! (That’s “NO” to you!) With nonsense language and humorously expressive illustrations, this delightfully silly picture book tells the story of two picky eaters—one child, one pet—of indiscriminate species, a multitude of supposedly tasty goodies, and one surprising solution to a familiar childhood situation.
32 pages, Hardcover
Published March 3, 2020
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Sarah Lynne Reul
16 books39 followersSarah Lynne Reul is an author, illustrator and award-winning animator who likes science, tiny things and drawing on photos. Originally from Brooklyn, she now lives near Boston with her family.
After some years in science museum education, she was lured back to school by the magic of making drawings come to life. Armed with an MFA degree in 2D animation, Sarah Lynne now strives to pack the energy of animation into each illustration. She spends her workdays creating new books and talking with kids about the process during author visits throughout New England and beyond.
Her picture books and board books include: THE BREAKING NEWS, ALLIE ALL ALONG, PET THE PETS, FARM THE FARM, NERP!, and BUBBIE & RIVKA'S BEST-EVER CHALLAH (SO FAR!), coming this Fall from Abrams Books.
After some years in science museum education, she was lured back to school by the magic of making drawings come to life. Armed with an MFA degree in 2D animation, Sarah Lynne now strives to pack the energy of animation into each illustration. She spends her workdays creating new books and talking with kids about the process during author visits throughout New England and beyond.
Her picture books and board books include: THE BREAKING NEWS, ALLIE ALL ALONG, PET THE PETS, FARM THE FARM, NERP!, and BUBBIE & RIVKA'S BEST-EVER CHALLAH (SO FAR!), coming this Fall from Abrams Books.
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May 21, 2020
Baby as protagonist. A complicated choice. Consider, if you will, your average picture book reader. If they are babies then they usually don’t care much about the age of the person on the page (the exception being board books featuring photographs of other babies’ faces which they LOVE). If they are toddlers, preschoolers, or school aged, then they will be adamant on the point that they are NOT babies themselves. Indeed, any book starring a baby is to be regarded with a kind of inborn skepticism. One can override these suspicions in a number of different ways, but humor tends to be the most reliable. Make ‘em laugh and a whole host of sins is forgiven. In the case of Nerp! you have in your hands a book that fulfills a number of different jobs. It is funny, starring either a baby or a toddler (for the purposes of this review, we’ll call it a baby), has beautiful art that combines the three-dimensionality of photographed models with digital illustration, and makes for a killer readaloud. You know those parents that get roped into reading to their kids’ preschool/Kindergarten/church group and walk aimlessly through libraries and bookstores in a hazy daze of barely contained fear? This book is for them. Guaranteed laughs, short content, and the kind of book I could see a kid demanding over and over again. Worth buying? “Yerp!”
Two parents, a pet, and a baby. Sounds pretty standard, no? On a typical evening, the pet gets a can of some random gelatinous stuff as the baby awaits its dinner. Unfortunately, its parents have gotten … creative. The foods proffered do not tempt baby in the least, and as it refuses it keeps repeating “Nerp!” in various forms. The parents too speak in near nonsense, with foods like “Yuckaroni smackintosh”, “Oogly boogley” and “Verpy gurpalew” on offer. So when, at last, they hear the sounds of their kiddo eating, they are overjoyed! Overjoyed, that is, until they discover WHAT it has found.
Reading aloud a clever picture book is never enough. It’s all in the delivery, baby. Already, I have great, vast visions for an ideal reading of Nerp! When the daddy comes in wielding a delicious dinner, you get the very real sense that he is so frickin’ proud of this accomplishment. Therefore, you need to read his, “Frizzle frazzle hotchy potch!” with all the gusto and vivaciousness of a parent feeling PRETTY pleased with themselves for managing to put something this cool together (never mind that rejection by offspring is almost instantaneous). This sets up the different kinds of voices you can do for the baby vs. the parents. As the book goes they are increasingly desperate to please. Upbeat, sure, but desperate. The baby, meanwhile, is equally desperate to get out of eating ANY of the stuff in view. Add in the fact that the word “Nerp” is just fun to say (and “Nerpity Nerpity Nerpity Nerp!” is the best) and you’ve got yourself a winner on your hands.
“The illustrations in this book were created with digital drawings over photographs of cardboard models.” The book tells you this flat out on the publication page, so it’s not like the contents are secret. Even so, don’t be surprised if you find yourself diving deep into the details of the 3D elements. I look at the image of the dining room and I get stuck on some of the care and attention paid to things like the tiny woven rug or the what it took to mark-up cardboard enough to make it look like a wooden floor (which, happily, is also the book’s endpapers). Look too at the corner of the dining room where a multi-tiered display unit features bowls. You can’t discount the little cardboard chairs and table either. Maybe if I was a stickler I’d say Reul should have invested in a cardboard high chair, but such statements are finicky nitpicking at their nitpicky finickiest. And for the record, it is not merely enough to make little models for your picture book. As with any art you have to think of point of view, lighting, and where the lens is focusing at any given moment. I could talk about lighting for a while too. That shot where the baby looks at the food for the first time and says “Hotchy-potch?” At that moment in the light is coming in at such an angle that Reul took the time and effort to make sure that her digital drawings also cast shadows. When an artist cares about these things, you care.
As for the digital illustrations, the book presents an interesting pickle. Do you want to agree with the baby or disagree? That “hotchy potch” at the start looks palatable and I wouldn’t throw the “mushy gushy boobarsh” off my plate, but when you start getting into the more questionable “squishalicious wimpa glump” and “picklefishy verp” you begin to see where the baby is coming from. Children that are either read this one-on-one or in a crowd may even see their own loyalties shifting. If they are older siblings with picky young ‘uns in the house, it’s possible they’ll side with the parents at the start. Yet as time goes on (and the baby becomes simultaneously more amusing and more justified in its refusals) all kids, no matter where they fall in the family pecking order, will have to throw in their lot with the little guy. After all, rare is the child that hasn’t faced optimistically cheerful parents attempting to make them eat suspiciously different foodstuffs. Extra points for making sure that both the daddy and the mommy are wearing aprons the whole time. Considering the sheer amount of food pouring out of the kitchen, one gets the general impression that they were both in there all day, slaving over a hot stove.
Visually, this book pairs perfectly with The Secret Rhino Society by Jonathan E. Jacobs. Both books combine digital art with models. What makes this book a little different is its readaloud potential. I collect readalouds. I like to look at them and see what makes them tick. This book forces adult readers to read silly words with silly voices, all the while displaying the story of an incredibly picky eater. What’s not to love? With its almost-but-not-quite English, the closest audible approximation to the book is Caldecott Honoree Du Iz Tak? But with its humor and dedication to being utterly silly, this book is truly one-of-a-kind. Nerp-tastic.
Two parents, a pet, and a baby. Sounds pretty standard, no? On a typical evening, the pet gets a can of some random gelatinous stuff as the baby awaits its dinner. Unfortunately, its parents have gotten … creative. The foods proffered do not tempt baby in the least, and as it refuses it keeps repeating “Nerp!” in various forms. The parents too speak in near nonsense, with foods like “Yuckaroni smackintosh”, “Oogly boogley” and “Verpy gurpalew” on offer. So when, at last, they hear the sounds of their kiddo eating, they are overjoyed! Overjoyed, that is, until they discover WHAT it has found.
Reading aloud a clever picture book is never enough. It’s all in the delivery, baby. Already, I have great, vast visions for an ideal reading of Nerp! When the daddy comes in wielding a delicious dinner, you get the very real sense that he is so frickin’ proud of this accomplishment. Therefore, you need to read his, “Frizzle frazzle hotchy potch!” with all the gusto and vivaciousness of a parent feeling PRETTY pleased with themselves for managing to put something this cool together (never mind that rejection by offspring is almost instantaneous). This sets up the different kinds of voices you can do for the baby vs. the parents. As the book goes they are increasingly desperate to please. Upbeat, sure, but desperate. The baby, meanwhile, is equally desperate to get out of eating ANY of the stuff in view. Add in the fact that the word “Nerp” is just fun to say (and “Nerpity Nerpity Nerpity Nerp!” is the best) and you’ve got yourself a winner on your hands.
“The illustrations in this book were created with digital drawings over photographs of cardboard models.” The book tells you this flat out on the publication page, so it’s not like the contents are secret. Even so, don’t be surprised if you find yourself diving deep into the details of the 3D elements. I look at the image of the dining room and I get stuck on some of the care and attention paid to things like the tiny woven rug or the what it took to mark-up cardboard enough to make it look like a wooden floor (which, happily, is also the book’s endpapers). Look too at the corner of the dining room where a multi-tiered display unit features bowls. You can’t discount the little cardboard chairs and table either. Maybe if I was a stickler I’d say Reul should have invested in a cardboard high chair, but such statements are finicky nitpicking at their nitpicky finickiest. And for the record, it is not merely enough to make little models for your picture book. As with any art you have to think of point of view, lighting, and where the lens is focusing at any given moment. I could talk about lighting for a while too. That shot where the baby looks at the food for the first time and says “Hotchy-potch?” At that moment in the light is coming in at such an angle that Reul took the time and effort to make sure that her digital drawings also cast shadows. When an artist cares about these things, you care.
As for the digital illustrations, the book presents an interesting pickle. Do you want to agree with the baby or disagree? That “hotchy potch” at the start looks palatable and I wouldn’t throw the “mushy gushy boobarsh” off my plate, but when you start getting into the more questionable “squishalicious wimpa glump” and “picklefishy verp” you begin to see where the baby is coming from. Children that are either read this one-on-one or in a crowd may even see their own loyalties shifting. If they are older siblings with picky young ‘uns in the house, it’s possible they’ll side with the parents at the start. Yet as time goes on (and the baby becomes simultaneously more amusing and more justified in its refusals) all kids, no matter where they fall in the family pecking order, will have to throw in their lot with the little guy. After all, rare is the child that hasn’t faced optimistically cheerful parents attempting to make them eat suspiciously different foodstuffs. Extra points for making sure that both the daddy and the mommy are wearing aprons the whole time. Considering the sheer amount of food pouring out of the kitchen, one gets the general impression that they were both in there all day, slaving over a hot stove.
Visually, this book pairs perfectly with The Secret Rhino Society by Jonathan E. Jacobs. Both books combine digital art with models. What makes this book a little different is its readaloud potential. I collect readalouds. I like to look at them and see what makes them tick. This book forces adult readers to read silly words with silly voices, all the while displaying the story of an incredibly picky eater. What’s not to love? With its almost-but-not-quite English, the closest audible approximation to the book is Caldecott Honoree Du Iz Tak? But with its humor and dedication to being utterly silly, this book is truly one-of-a-kind. Nerp-tastic.
April 20, 2023
Cale’s Review: “So, the point of this book was that the kid wouldn’t eat…? And then ate the dogs food….? Ayo what the fuck….? 3 stars I guess”
Reilly’s Review: Cale gave me absolute uncontrollable giggles while reading this because he was so confused the entire time. That alone is 5 stars.
We meet in the middle for 4 stars.
Reilly’s Review: Cale gave me absolute uncontrollable giggles while reading this because he was so confused the entire time. That alone is 5 stars.
We meet in the middle for 4 stars.
March 6, 2020
I guess I'm alone in my thinking this book was terrible.
May 4, 2025
love reading this book to my godkids because there isn't a single real word in it, so i get to go absolutely buck wild with silly voices and sound effects
June 14, 2021
This review was originally written for The Baby Bookworm. Visit us for new picture books reviews daily!
Hello, friends! Our book today is Nerp! by Sarah Lynne Reul, a silly twist on the classic dinnertime struggle of picky eater vs. parent.
After helping to feed his pet something the pet clearly deems less than appetizing, a young alien (monster?) sits down to his own meal. Yet no matter what delicious dishes his parents present him with – from “frizzle frazzle hotchy potch” to “verpy gurpalew” – the little one simply turns up his nose and declares, “NERP!” What can his parents do to entice him to eat? Is there any dish this particularly fickle eater will try?
Absurd fun. The alien/monster language used exclusively in the text is a mixture of words easily translated from context (nerp = nope, yerp = yup, etc), and a creative list of ridiculous-sounding meals that are loads of fun to read aloud. The meals themselves are hilariously illustrated to look as unappetizing as the little one seems to find them: one has living tentacles wiggling out of the dish. The alien/monsters themselves are charming and cute, and both picky eaters and exasperated parents will see themselves in the characters’ expressions. The resolution is a little gross – and younger bookworms may need reminding that it’s not actually an acceptable option – but not so much that it turned us off. The length was great, and JJ loved it. A delightfully silly title, and Baby Bookworm approved!
(Note: A copy of this book was provided to The Baby Bookworm by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.)
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March 24, 2023
Cute. But for older kids/adults.
October 28, 2020
I love food and made-up words. This book made me laugh out loud. I think Alena likes it when I laugh while I'm reading.
October 19, 2020
Cute illustrations are critical to success of this nonsense word book. Not a first purchase for my elementary library. Not what my Kinder teachers are looking for their nutrition unit and ask for books about picky eaters. Maybe if my budget was larger I would purchase for its silliness. Kids will enjoy if read aloud enthusiastically by caregiver.
August 13, 2020
Wicked funny and delightful in its simplicity. My kids and I say Nerp all the time now.
December 12, 2020
Hilarious and adorable! So clever!
January 6, 2021
A great story told entirely in rhyming nonsense words. Very clever! Plus, the illustrations are some of the most original I have seen in years. A fantastic book!
December 20, 2020
Picky Eaters, Fun Words
What’s for dinner? How about skizzle klumps n’ gizzardlumps? A hilarious look at mealtime with a pair of persnickety eaters, in the most fun made-up language ever!
Would you like a bite of frizzle frazzle hotchy potch? How about a plate of mushy gushy bloobarsh? NERP, says our hero. Nerpity nerpity nerp! (That’s “NO” to you!) With nonsense language and humorously expressive illustrations, this delightfully silly picture book tells the story of two picky eaters—one child, one pet—of indiscriminate species, a multitude of supposedly tasty goodies, and one surprising solution to a familiar childhood situation.
Out March 2020
32 Pages
MY THOUGHTS:
I received this book in exchange for my honest review.
Parent’s everywhere have dealt with picky eaters at some point in child-rearing. So finding resources that may help their little ones out of such phases is something greatly sought after. When I saw this book, I thought wonderful, a new resource, and so I asked to review it.
Strangely enough it didn’t matter that the characters were aliens, that could be appealing to this high-tech society. Even aliens can have pets? Right? Sure, a bit human-pushing concept, but why not. It’s relatable to little human children. Can’t be too out of this worldly… right?
And why not have a little alien who is a picky eater. The food language used is a bit too hard for a young reader of picture book age to read and repeat, but there could be some giggles had if read by a parent. So parent and child-time is a good thing. Great! With the food language thing resolved, that leaves us with two picky eaters. One is an alien-child and the other is its pet. One has alien food, and the other has alien pet food. Fair enough.
Now, here is the problem. To resolve the issue of a picky eater, the book suggests parents ply that child with every possible food that they can make. Which of course, the book’s picky eater doesn’t want. This is also the issue with the alien pet. It doesn’t want alien pet food. So to resolve this conflict, the author decides…
…to have the alien child eat the pet food and the alien pet to eat all the other food prepared for the picky eating alien child. Seeing the alien’s face in the pet’s dish slurping all the pet food up in hungry excitement hit me kind of funny. Then, seeing the alien parents give the alien pet so much alien food… It was such a small pet…
I suppose I’m over-thinking this. Or, maybe I’m hungry. Or maybe I’m over-thinking how hungry I am. Perhaps, I wish I was an alien… no, that’s not it. Maybe, I just want an alien pet too…
What’s for dinner? How about skizzle klumps n’ gizzardlumps? A hilarious look at mealtime with a pair of persnickety eaters, in the most fun made-up language ever!
Would you like a bite of frizzle frazzle hotchy potch? How about a plate of mushy gushy bloobarsh? NERP, says our hero. Nerpity nerpity nerp! (That’s “NO” to you!) With nonsense language and humorously expressive illustrations, this delightfully silly picture book tells the story of two picky eaters—one child, one pet—of indiscriminate species, a multitude of supposedly tasty goodies, and one surprising solution to a familiar childhood situation.
Out March 2020
32 Pages
MY THOUGHTS:
I received this book in exchange for my honest review.
Parent’s everywhere have dealt with picky eaters at some point in child-rearing. So finding resources that may help their little ones out of such phases is something greatly sought after. When I saw this book, I thought wonderful, a new resource, and so I asked to review it.
Strangely enough it didn’t matter that the characters were aliens, that could be appealing to this high-tech society. Even aliens can have pets? Right? Sure, a bit human-pushing concept, but why not. It’s relatable to little human children. Can’t be too out of this worldly… right?
And why not have a little alien who is a picky eater. The food language used is a bit too hard for a young reader of picture book age to read and repeat, but there could be some giggles had if read by a parent. So parent and child-time is a good thing. Great! With the food language thing resolved, that leaves us with two picky eaters. One is an alien-child and the other is its pet. One has alien food, and the other has alien pet food. Fair enough.
Now, here is the problem. To resolve the issue of a picky eater, the book suggests parents ply that child with every possible food that they can make. Which of course, the book’s picky eater doesn’t want. This is also the issue with the alien pet. It doesn’t want alien pet food. So to resolve this conflict, the author decides…
…to have the alien child eat the pet food and the alien pet to eat all the other food prepared for the picky eating alien child. Seeing the alien’s face in the pet’s dish slurping all the pet food up in hungry excitement hit me kind of funny. Then, seeing the alien parents give the alien pet so much alien food… It was such a small pet…
I suppose I’m over-thinking this. Or, maybe I’m hungry. Or maybe I’m over-thinking how hungry I am. Perhaps, I wish I was an alien… no, that’s not it. Maybe, I just want an alien pet too…
September 8, 2020
Picky eaters take center stage in this picture book. A young monster is disinterested in all of the delicacies his parents keep bringing out of the kitchen. To each one, he replies with “nerp or nerpy nerp” in refusal. His parents make more and more different options, but he doesn’t want anything. Until, suddenly he is clearly slurping food off the page. His parents are delighted at first, until it’s clear that he’s munching pet food. With a blurp, he finishes eating, with the pet finally getting what they have been drooling over all along, the food for the child!
This picture book invents its own language, full of nerps, yerps, schmerps and blurps. Each of the types of food is wildly named too but in a way that makes it wonderful to say it all aloud: Hotchy-potch, mushy gush bloobarsh, picklefishy verp, yuckaroni smackintosh. Each one is a dance on the tongue that will have children laughing along.
The illustrations are digital drawings done over photographs of cardboard models. They have a marvelous three-dimensional quality to them with furniture, rugs, and an entire house. They are engagingly unique and also bright and humorous too.
Perfect for reading aloud, maybe just before snacks. Appropriate for ages 2-4.
This picture book invents its own language, full of nerps, yerps, schmerps and blurps. Each of the types of food is wildly named too but in a way that makes it wonderful to say it all aloud: Hotchy-potch, mushy gush bloobarsh, picklefishy verp, yuckaroni smackintosh. Each one is a dance on the tongue that will have children laughing along.
The illustrations are digital drawings done over photographs of cardboard models. They have a marvelous three-dimensional quality to them with furniture, rugs, and an entire house. They are engagingly unique and also bright and humorous too.
Perfect for reading aloud, maybe just before snacks. Appropriate for ages 2-4.
January 28, 2021
One of those books that with the right reader and the right audience could end with wild tearful laughter. There's literally nothing but nonsense words in here, but they are hilarious, and read with the right hopeful intonation of a parent desperate to get their baby to eat they would make for a splendid readaloud.
Plus the illustrations are just... amazing. Inspiring. They look to be photographs of some three dimensional pieces (cardboard dining room table and chairs, yarn rug), and some two dimensional. I wanted to sit down immediately with cardboard and paper and craft my own monster dining room and smorgasbord of food.
Plus the illustrations are just... amazing. Inspiring. They look to be photographs of some three dimensional pieces (cardboard dining room table and chairs, yarn rug), and some two dimensional. I wanted to sit down immediately with cardboard and paper and craft my own monster dining room and smorgasbord of food.
April 2, 2022
Loved this book. It's literally gibberish, but the illustrations are so great and the silly words make for a fun silly time. I read this book for Story Time and the children absolutely had a blast with this. I had one child laugh so hard I had to pause reading and just smile at him because he was laughing so loud I had a feeling that the other kids couldn't even hear what I was reading. Fun and silly book! Highly recommend. It reminded me of "The Book With No Pictures". That one is also a fun and silly book that children absolutely loved/e.
June 18, 2020
Picky eaters may relate to this book, with its assortment of very odd dishes that the parents keep presenting to their child. All the creatures in this book are monsters of some sort, so they do not speak regular English. However, we loved the clever names of these dishes! The artwork is also a lot of fun - with the kids we tried figuring out which parts are 3 D cardboard constructions and which parts are drawings.
June 23, 2023
My all-time favorite of Sarah Lynne Reul's books so far. It's a super funny, extremely re-readable book that takes you through all the ups and downs of a toddler's difficult dinner time. The little monster (literally) gives it's parents a hard time about every offered item. Written entirely in fun to say nonsense "Frizzle frazzle hotchy potch?", it's a great read-aloud and fun for both kids and parents.
February 3, 2024
I’m not sure how bad a kids book has to be for it to be less than 4 stars but this had my silly 6 year old giggling at the words, and honestly it’s great for her age to be working on nonsense words.. some were a little long for her but she gave it her best shot and the whole thing was a sweet silly book.. Callista said that she gives it 5 stars and honestly if it’s 5 stars for her it’s 5 stars for me 😝
January 13, 2022
Cute and cleverly fun read aloud. Other than the silly, made-up words and the cute art, there's not much else too it, but that's OK. It is an illustration of the same point about how all you need to do is give a kid a cardboard box and they'll be entertained for hours while the expensive toys sit neglected in a heap in the corner.
September 28, 2023
This is going to sound ridiculous as a complaint but this book was too silly for me. It was difficult for me to read this book to my kids because every page had strange words like "Frizzle frazzle, hotchy potch". It's a cute story though.
May 4, 2024
A child alien wants to eat its pet's food instead of its own food. I liked the pictures, but I didn't like the story. The child is allowed to be a picky eater, and the parents aren't happy about it, but nothing gets done about it either. I did not care for the resolution.
February 20, 2020
Monsterly fun radiates bright and bold in this catchy tale, which will have listeners spouting monsterly vocabulary of their own.
Some eaters are simply finicky, and that's definitely the case for this little monster. The parents bring out all sorts of delcious...ummm, interesting?...morsels. Yet, this little monster turns its nose at every single one.
This is a read-aloud that will have listeners quickly wanting to repeat every word themselves...and invent a few along the way. Each dish and response is a whimsical basket of nonsense, which slides right along into monsterly fun. And yet, it all makes sense-ish.
Thanks to the colorful illustrations, reactions and emotions are no problem to guess and make ga-gobbled word as clear as day. The monster baby is cute and stuffed full with emotion as he shakes his head and hides from every dish brought out to him. And these dishes are sure to catch some gasps, groans, and 'huhs?' along the way.
The ending is sweet as can be and offers a solution. Sort of. In any case, listeners will get the point and probably be nerping themselves the rest of the day.
I received an ARC and found this book fun to read. My kids got a kick out of it, too. So, we're leaving our honest thoughts.
Some eaters are simply finicky, and that's definitely the case for this little monster. The parents bring out all sorts of delcious...ummm, interesting?...morsels. Yet, this little monster turns its nose at every single one.
This is a read-aloud that will have listeners quickly wanting to repeat every word themselves...and invent a few along the way. Each dish and response is a whimsical basket of nonsense, which slides right along into monsterly fun. And yet, it all makes sense-ish.
Thanks to the colorful illustrations, reactions and emotions are no problem to guess and make ga-gobbled word as clear as day. The monster baby is cute and stuffed full with emotion as he shakes his head and hides from every dish brought out to him. And these dishes are sure to catch some gasps, groans, and 'huhs?' along the way.
The ending is sweet as can be and offers a solution. Sort of. In any case, listeners will get the point and probably be nerping themselves the rest of the day.
I received an ARC and found this book fun to read. My kids got a kick out of it, too. So, we're leaving our honest thoughts.
March 3, 2020
This is fun!
March 3, 2020
Very adorable picture book about a picky eater.
March 4, 2020
Would be a super fun choice for storytime. I love nonsense!
March 21, 2020
Perfect picture book for picky eaters!
May 18, 2020
As soon as I picked up this book I knew I had to read it to my grandchildren. Not one understandable word in the book. Very fun!
June 30, 2020
My 15 month old is obsessed with this book. I think the concept is very cute and funny, and I think older kids than her would definitely like it as well.
July 20, 2020
Great nonsense!! Fun book for littles!
August 30, 2020
I was hoping for a least one word that wasn't nonsense.
Cute illustrations though....
Cute illustrations though....
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