Hilarious! I loved the interesting usage of everyday objects to create "real" portraits of family members. The illustrations were made using a painted outline and then objects to create facial features, etc. This kind of reminded me of those fruit and vegetable picture books that make the radish look like a bunny or a lemon like a kitten (I always like looking at those--who knew a cabbage could be so cute?). The dog illustration was clever: onions for tail and eyes, canned meats for feet, pepperoni for nose, and a dirty sock for an ear! Very fun and definitely sparks the imagination for young minds (and semi-old ones like mine)! The story was very simple, but the descriptions helped describe why the objects were being chosen, so it wasn't random. The narrator's baby brother is loud and cries a lot, so his mouth was a megaphone. We are often asked to describe someone and giving fun accounts like this are much more descriptive.
The author also takes time to display some important examples of this creative form of art. The endpapers of this book are creations of children from an oncology wing of a hospital in Israel. I can see how having fun would be especially important for children going through such a tough time.
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