A review by jessalynn_librarian
Noodlephant by Jacob Kramer

5.0

August 2019 - what a remarkable book! It works as a read-aloud story, with fun wordplay, expressive illustrations, and a satisfying story. It's also maybe the only picture book I've seen that teaches kids about oppression, unjust laws, peaceful protest, wrongful imprisonment and more without those messages overwhelming the story. You're humming along, thinking of things to put in the Phantastic Noodler, and also coming away with a message of social justice ("They said she had broken the laws. Noodlephant said the laws were already broken.") It's the balance that's really amazing. It also really, really makes me want some pasta - "Cause noodles are for me’s and you’s! We won’t be locked up in the zoos."