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Matilda Turnip's Endless Belly Button
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| Author | Bethany James Leigh Shady |
| Publisher | Glyphic Publishing, 2010 |
| Genres | Action / Adventure / Sports • Emotions / Feelings • Family & Friends • Fantasy / Make Believe • Humorous • Mystery / Suspense • Poetry |
| Age Range | Toddler • Preschool • K through 2nd • 3rd through 5th |
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Matilda Turnip is a small girl with a BIG belly button! Bored and alone, in her dreary old town, Matilda feels an itch in her belly button and discovers crazy things stuck inside. With her trusty mouse, Rourke, the two follow where the belly button treasures lead, and meet up with an unexpected ghost from the past!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Matilda Turnip's Endless Belly Button by Bethany James Leigh Shady, and illustrated by Joshua Peters, is a very imaginative tale of a little girl swept into a fantasy world through the strangest of ways - her belly button itch! Matilda is a young girl without a dad and a mean, absent mother. She befriends a spotted mouse that she names after her dead father, Rourke. Obviously left on her own often, Matilda and Rourke have no hesitation following the path of the strange items that one day she pulls out of her itchy belly button. Some of the items are as small as a yo-yo, and as big as a sailboat. Each item pulls them forward into the adventure that eventually leads her to a father she thought was dead. The story is creative and cute, and provides the perfect base for the wonderful illustrations by Peters. They are colorful and bright - much more like a comic book style then the pastel tone, watercolor pictures that you find in a large number of books geared towards small kids. Not that those are bad, but it's nice to find someone with a different style. My only complaint with the book is that the poetry style writing is occasionally choppy in places. I think that if the text was static throughout the book and printed in tempo and spacing as it is meant to be read, (instead of wrapping around pictures or on different parts of the page) it would probably have a better flow. All in all, with an original illustration style and truly zany storytelling, I will keep an eye out for new stories by these two in the future. |
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Reviewed by Mamma B
June 18, 2010 #1 Reviewer View all my reviews Report this review |
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Definitely liked the illustrations, my daughter (3) really found them interesting and liked pointing out the little things that made her laugh. The story was very different, not at all what I expected and took some completely surprising turns, especially at the end. Kind of reminded me of a Shel Silverstein plot. I almost felt like it ended in a cliff hanger of sorts, and I wonder if there were plans for a followup or series. All in all, my little girl kept wanting to read it over again and I stay amused, so definitely a worthwhile addition to your kid's library.
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