A review by sducharme
No, David! by David Shannon

5.0

This was a ground-breaking book for me, a book that truly shows how a toddler might feel going through the day and getting into trouble every minute. David is presented as a bit of a terror, it's true, but he's not doing anything that much worse that my own kiddos have done! The childlike illustrations are more complicated than they seem: great use of perspective shows the child's view (looking up at the cookie jar, for example), and the rough features of David's face and body (the triangle nose!) contrast with more realistic background details to keep the reader firmly set in the child's world.