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Guess Again! (2009)

by Mac Barnett(Favorite Author)

4.13 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1416955666 (ISBN13: 9781416955665)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

review 1: Another surprising and funny book by Barnett, with the added joy of picture flaps. The surprises throughout the book are both in the writing and the illustrations. It is a silly twist on rhyming riddle books that give the reader a rhyming description of something, and using the rhyme, the reader guesses the object. The illustrator Adam Rex even gives the reader a hint about the object by showing it in shadow. Only, the object isn't what you think it is because Barnett surprises us by not honoring his rhyme, and Rex's shadowy objects are not what we think they are. My 6 year-old daughter and I laughed out loud the first time we read it. It is so fun!
review 2: At age 6 I would have loved this book, especially on rereading. As it was, I got a couple chuckle... mores out of it, and I read it only once. I would have liked it better (now and then) if it had more pages. As is, it felt rather slight to me. Kids who know the book will have fun sharing it with others not yet in the know. To tell the truth, given the author-illustrator duo, I was expecting a bit more, but it was funny and clever, and certainly different. less

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