Book reviews contributed by participating librarians throughout the Santiago Library System

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Kid Tea by Elizabeth Ficocelli


Illustrated by Glin Dibley

Rating: Additional
Marshall Cavendish, 2007, $14.99
ISBN: 978-0-7614-5333-8
Age Level: 4-8 years


This story is inventive, and even somewhat cute, but somehow it also seems a bit gross to me. Children are dirty, but turning their bath water various colors is a greater level of filth. That aside, this book does succeed in giving the adult reader a chance to re-live one week in the life of a child. This book would only work for storytime if the reader practiced with the rhyme scheme. There are lots of things to see within the illustrations on each page, and this book could be lots of fun at bedtime.


Reviewer: Monica Barrette, Orange Public Library