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The Things I Can Do (2013)

by Jeff Mack(Favorite Author)

3.59 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1596436751 (ISBN13: 9781596436756)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Roaring Brook Press

review 1: Just picking up this book, flipping through the pages and ogling the illustrations will encourage you to get a copy and share it with your kids. The pictures are so much fun, so packed full of action and expression that it is amazing. This little guy is overjoyed to show his independence so he crafts his very own book to document his monumental feats and proudly displays it so all the world can see. He is able to make his own lunch, get his own drink of milk (although there are milk spills down the page), bath himself (albeit in the kitchen sink with the faucet spray) and mend his toys with copious gobs and blobs of glue. He is the man!!!! Mr. Self- reliant! Mr. Cellophane, Masking and Duct Tape Warrior! Fantastic, humorous self-portraits with a huge round head,... more sticky-out ears and a smile a mile wide shows his bliss as he continues on his journey of .... look what I can do. He uses everyday "stuff" around the house to create his incredible, tactile collages and photos are embedded here and there to make things very interesting indeed. My favourite? "I can brush my teeth, /I can pick out my clothes. // This sweater was perfect!! // For wiping my nose." A huge big splotch of snot is highlighted which will make your kids giggle and laugh.....and the underwear guy pictured above will have them laughing right out loud. This spirited little man will win your heart and have you cheering him on as he discovers .... yes I can!!! I am a big boy now!!!!
review 2: Using an artistic style reminiscent of a child's through mixed media illustrations, the author/illustrator details all the things he can do, including making his own lunch, fixing his own toys, and even reaching the top step. I liked the fact that some of the pages looked as though they had been torn from a child's coloring book and that the book itself represents various steps in the growing process. Most of all, though, I liked the fact that the boy has written and illustrated his own book. Favorite pages include the tangled shoe laces on the page in which he claims that he can tie his own shoe and the puddle of glue on the page in which he fixes his toys. I can only imagine the mess he leaves behind after all the things he can do. A sense of pride pervades the entire book. less

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