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A review by erine
Baby Monkey, Private Eye by Brian Selznick, David Serlin
5.0
If you've ever looked for a combo of picture book, easy reader, chapter book, graphic novel, humor-mystery, this is your book. It's almost too many things, but the experience of reading it with my four-and-a-half year old was definitely five stars.
The text is super simple and repetitive. The illustrations are almost colorless, but very detailed. As in other books by Selznick, the text and illustrations both carry a lot of story weight.
Crowning moment of the whole thing: when my child took the book to bed and proceeded to "read" it again, picking up on some of the words and thoroughly enjoying the pictures. Baby Monkey, I dub thee a success.
The text is super simple and repetitive. The illustrations are almost colorless, but very detailed. As in other books by Selznick, the text and illustrations both carry a lot of story weight.
Crowning moment of the whole thing: when my child took the book to bed and proceeded to "read" it again, picking up on some of the words and thoroughly enjoying the pictures. Baby Monkey, I dub thee a success.