Book reviews contributed by participating librarians throughout the Santiago Library System

Thursday, September 27, 2012

The Invisible Man, by Arthur Yorinks

Illustrated by Doug Cushman
Rating: Very Good
Harper, 2011
ISBN: 978-0061561481
Age/Grade Level: 4-8 years

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Sy sold all kind of fruit at his stand on Pitkin Avenue.  Folks came from all over as Sy prescribed his fruit for all kinds of ahes and pains.  What kind of world is it that one day, this nice fellow, without warning becomes invisible?  A series of events follow as Sy, the invisitible man, turns up, usually in trouble, all around the world.  Only a barrage of fruit thrown from an angry audience changes things, and Sy finds his way back to his fruit stand and his happy patrons.  It will take an imaginative reader to sort through the actions.

Reviewer:  Jane Yarbrough, Consultant