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Editorials
Publishers Weekly
The chimpanzee star of Emily Goes Wild by Betty Lou Phillips, illus. by Sharon Watts, takes the stage in a pair of original board books by the same team. In Emily Works Out, she "skips down the street/ Dances to the beat" in kinetic, silhouette paintings on a white background, and Emily's Manners, serves as an etiquette do and don't ("Plays with food/ Eats nicely"), with an illustration of the "Don't" on the left, and the correct protocol on the right. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.Children's Literature
Emily looks like a monkey and one that can never stay still. She skips down the street, hops over cracks, plays on the swings, rides a bike, hikes, and more. Nevertheless the last scene, for some reason, shows her tuckered out and in bed. Since these activities did not all take place in one day (Emily has a different outfit on for each one), the ending seems illogical. If the purpose is to show kids that exercise is fun and good for them, then what is the message conveyed by the last two images that show Emily going to bed and waking up smiling? 2005, Gibbs Smith, Ages 1 to 3.—Marilyn Courtot
Book Details
Published
January 1, 2006
Publisher
Gibbs M. Smith Inc
Pages
12
Format
Board
ISBN
9781586854584