It's Duck's third starred review after PW and Kirkus.
Bunting and Ruzzier team up again (Tweak Tweak,
rev. 5/11), this time with rhyme and rhythm and imaginative
illustrations
that will bring inevitable comparisons to Dr. Seuss. [...] The reader or lap
listener will enjoy pointing out the socks, as Ruzzier
has hidden them in plain sight. The best way to experience this droll
book is by reading the jaunty rhyme aloud. “I will ask my friend the
fox. / ‘Have you seen my new blue socks?’” Later, Mr. Ox says, “Did you
look inside your box? / Did you ask your friend
the fox? / I may have seen your new blue socks— / I saw some socks down
on the rocks.” It’s hard to resist, especially when the cartoon
illustrations are so captivating in their absurdity. Duck’s expression
is all in the eyebrows—such angst over a pair of
socks has never been conveyed so well. Blues, teals, and greens are the
background for the child-friendly, offbeat details Ruzzier has planted
in the illustrations, including underwear, dog bones, and a painting ox.
An accessible vocabulary and easy-to-sound-out
words make this a perfect book for the newest reader, especially one
with a grand sense of humor. - Robin L. Smith
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