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Picture Day Perfection (2013)

by Deborah Diesen(Favorite Author)

3.77 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1419708449 (ISBN13: 9781419708442)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Harry N. Abrams

review 1: It's picture day, the day most kids dread, but one boy is determined to have the perfect picture. One mishap after another leaves him in a less than desirable state though. Paint-splotched scowling face, wild hair, slumping in a stained shirt. Perfect. The boy is now ready for his mischievous photo, one which his mom will hardly appreciate. At the last moment though, his own thoughts of victory betray him as he lets out the biggest smile. Dan Santat's style of bold, cartoonish expressions works perfectly for a story on picture day. Faces look really funny, particularly the ones on the boy; many will recognize the Grinch smile. The designs constantly remind us of the photography context. Some pages have photographs as panels, while others look like they caught a moment on f... moreilm, and finally the blinding flash at the end hides the final reveal. Even the end papers feature photos of the children, to which we can add our own. Picture Day Perfection is the perfect book on the subject, because when the boy attempts to create the worst photo, ironically, he produces the best.
review 2: As we all know parents and classmates put a lot of pressure on kids for the perfect picture on school picture day and this story is a about a rotten little boy who is determined to have his most perfect picture yet but his version of perfect and his mother's version of perfect are two totally different things. Although the little boy tries his hardest to ruin his mother's perfect picture he ends up making the picture his best yet for his mother.This book was super cute but I did not love it per say. Although the story was cute and funny it just did not really draw you in, it had you basic picture day disasters with no twists or turns. Very Predictable. The illustrations were by far the best part of the book. Each picture was very detailed, colorful, and lined up with the story perfectly. This book could really be wordless and you would know just from the illustrations exactly what was happening from page to page. less

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