A review by xterminal
The House Takes A Vacation by Jacqueline Davies, Lee White
3.0
Jacqueline Davies, The House Takes a Vacation Marshall Cavendish, 2007)
I love the idea of this book—when the family goes on vacation, the house decides to do the same—and Jacqueline Davies' writing in that regard is all well and good. It's a cute story, with more than enough puns for sharper young-gradeschoolers to pick up on. But pick this one up from the library first to make sure you, or your kids, don't find Lee White's illustrations to be disconcerting. Okay, not disconcerting, outright creepy. You may be able to tell just by looking at the front cover, but the effect didn't have its way with me until I'd gotten about three-quarters of the way through. ** 1/2
I love the idea of this book—when the family goes on vacation, the house decides to do the same—and Jacqueline Davies' writing in that regard is all well and good. It's a cute story, with more than enough puns for sharper young-gradeschoolers to pick up on. But pick this one up from the library first to make sure you, or your kids, don't find Lee White's illustrations to be disconcerting. Okay, not disconcerting, outright creepy. You may be able to tell just by looking at the front cover, but the effect didn't have its way with me until I'd gotten about three-quarters of the way through. ** 1/2