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Just In Case (2008)

by Yuyi Morales(Favorite Author)

3.86 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1596433299 (ISBN13: 9781596433298)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Roaring Brook Press

review 1: Senor Calavera is always welcome at my Birthday party!! This fun and whimsical book has incredible illustrations, possibly my favorite images ever in a children’s book! I love the bright colors and attention to detail. Yuyi Morales selected eye-catching, warm, rainbow tones to use throughout this delightful story. There is a beautiful, glowing, blue and black Monarch butterfly on every page, sometimes obvious and sometimes less apparent, but it is always there. The text and illustrations perfectly accompany one another. The book has the possibility of being a bit spooky, because it is about a skeleton and ghost, and other odd creatures, but the illustrations make it bright, cheerful, and friendly. I enjoyed each of the items that Senor Calavera carefully chose for ... morehis best friend Grandma Beetle. Senor Calavera is a sweet, silly, and comical skeleton with a big heart! Each of the items was written in Spanish then described in English. This book would be a perfect picture book for a multicultural classroom or for a Day of the Dead or Halloween lesson plan. It was culturally authentic and very entertaining.
review 2: As an adult, I would buy this book just for the art. It leaves me in awe and you can really see how the author's childhood in Mexico influenced her art, it really reminds me of Mexico. The culture also comes through in the story. I really love how abstract the presents he collects are. It made me forget I was reading a children's alphabet book. The fact that it was also bilingual also made me love it even more. As a future Elementary Teacher I love this book for the multicultural value, as well as the art and story. less

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