A final two-spread sequence finds all of the animals arrayed across the pages, dads on the verso and children on the recto. A duck, a bee, a dog, a rabbit, a cat, a mouse, a donkey, a pig, a frog, a rooster, and a horse all fail similarly, spread by spread. A sad-looking ram insists, “DADA!” his lamb baas back. Totally fun, visually startling, and a paean to creative thinking.Ī succession of animal dads do their best to teach their young to say “Dada” in this picture-book vehicle for Fallon.Ī grumpy bull says, “DADA!” his calf moos back. The terse text works wonderfully as a foil to the exuberant acrylic paintings, mostly executed in primary colors with bold black lines and shapes and a generous use of white space. When the narrator declares the timeout is over, the unnamed protagonist is back in place, quietly grinning. While the unseen narrator continues to lecture (“I hope you’re really thinking about it”), the pig stands proudly on the moon, rainbow colors radiating out in triumph. Perhaps the young artist has been busy absorbing imagery from the book on the table. The sky outside the rocket looks like a Miró painting, with abstract stars and planets, but the next double-page spread also includes Matisse-inspired shapes. Within the rocket, the two animals both contentedly sip ice cream sodas through long, striped, curvy straws. Pig and rocket blast off, along with the caged red bird seen in the background. Just like Harold’s purple crayon or the magic brush of Chinese folklore, the pencil allows the piglet to draw a spaceship filled with treats such as pizza and popcorn. There is also a pencil that proves to be a potent tool. Adult readers will note that the rebellious pig sulks in a room with two books, one titled Houdini and the other Book of Art. This is the last straw for the second-person narrator, who orders a timeout indoors. My husband did enjoy his Bleu cheese burger.An anthropomorphic pig stars in an adventure reminiscent of Max’s and Harold’s but with a Miró-like journey to outer space.Īt the book’s opening, the porcine protagonist experiences a spectacular skateboard crash. All the toppings and cheese fell off as soon as I would pick up a slice. Unfortunately my pizza tasted like rubber and I couldn’t eat much of it. Our appetizer was served at the same time as our meals, so it made it hard to enjoy. Definitely not family friendly but if you’re looking for a bar it would probably be a cool place. There’s no kids menus, just FYI, and my kids were bored even with all the TVs. The service was extremely slow and it felt like we sat there forever, even though there were plenty of empty tables and it was a Saturday night. That’s fine, but the waiter had no idea, and it would have been nice to not have to carry our drinks and all our stuff across the restaurant. When he came back out to take our dinner order, in the middle of ordering, a women came out to tell us we couldn’t sit there, that this area was for 21+. It took about 5 minutes before someone came over to take our drink orders. It was self-seating so we found a booth and sat down. My family came in for a quick dinner because we needed somewhere near the airport.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |