FICTION

Don't Push the Button!

by Bill COTTER
Don't Push the Button! illus. by author. 32p. Sourcebooks/Jabberwocky. Nov. 2013. Tr $16.99. ISBN 9781402287466.
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PreS-Gr 2—A rounded purple monster named Larry hosts this interactive picture book. Throughout, he dominates the right-hand pages, while a giant red button lives on the left. He begins by insisting that readers not push the button, but he soon seems conflicted about this rule: "It does look pretty nice though. I wonder what would happen if we pushed it." Doing so causes Larry to change colors and even multiply. Getting him back to normal requires the assistance of a helpful guidebook called, "So You've Pushed the Button." The flat art falls short, and the figures are often confusingly out of focus. For a better-developed and more polished look at this interactive concept, stick with Hervé Tullet's Press Here (Chronicle, 2011).—Julie Roach, Cambridge Public Library, MA
Reviewed by Julie Roach , Nov 01, 2013

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