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It’s Picture Day Today!

 

When a bus-load of whimsical, brightly-colored art supplies arrives at school on picture day, things seem a little hectic at first.  Feathers, buttons, sequins, yarn, pom-poms and more all roll down the stairs, but one key player seems to be missing.  How will the art supplies put themselves together without glue?  The paper-cut out illustrations are fun and bold, and will definitely catch the eye of young readers, but unfortunately the concept of the book comes off as a tad confusing.  The text is choppy, and McDonald can’t seem to decide whether or not to rhyme.  When glue finally makes an appearance at the end and glues the art supplies together, the picture is so cluttered that it will be difficult for young eyes to pick out how all the art supplies came together.  This picture book has a fun idea behind it, but it is unfortunately clumsily executed.  Note: This may be a great book to use in conjunction with a collage craft program.