All the text prior to this point has been either iterations of “Dada” or animal sounds in dialogue bubbles here, narrative text states, “Now everybody get in line, let’s say it together one more time….” Upon the turn of the page, the animal dads gaze round-eyed as their young across the gutter all cry, “DADA!” (except the duckling, who says, “quack”). Ordóñez's illustrations have a bland, digital look, compositions hardly varying with the characters, although the pastel-colored backgrounds change. A final two-spread sequence finds all of the animals arrayed across the pages, dads on the verso and children on the recto. A duck, a bee, a dog, a rabbit, a cat, a mouse, a donkey, a pig, a frog, a rooster, and a horse all fail similarly, spread by spread. A sad-looking ram insists, “DADA!” his lamb baas back. (Oct.A succession of animal dads do their best to teach their young to say “Dada” in this picture-book vehicle for Fallon.Ī grumpy bull says, “DADA!” his calf moos back. This wish-I'd-thought-of-that compendium provides an excellent impetus for a craft session: the ingredients are cheap, and mistakes can be eaten as salad (if artists have the heart). It's a sentiment as healthy as an apple a day, but the book's real charm is derived from the almost-ready-made ""sculptures""-as an afterword calls them. Meanwhile, the rhyming text draws comparisons between the emotive plants and its audience when it queries, ""Wired? Tired? Need a kiss?/ Do you know anyone like this?"" The plotless and largely superfluous narrative recommends expressing jealousy or affection (""When how you feel is understood,/ you have a friend, and that feels good""). Their groupings imply close relationships: lemons trade meaningful glances and a little onion cries.
The animated groceries are exhibited, actual size or larger, against crisp hues of harvest gold, melon green or late-night-sky blue.
Without further ado, the veggie becomes a face, with a knobby stem or skinny root for a schnozzola an upended mushroom has a hilarious piglike snout, while a kiwi fruit has a button nose. Freymann and Elffers find a piece of ""expressive produce"" and attach two black-eyed peas for eyes. Photos of scowling oranges and gregarious scallions garnish this garden of delights from the creators of Play with Your Food.
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