As an adult who DOES buy picturebooks, I was excited to see this post. I am a children's illustrator, and I do buy picturebooks for myself which my son isn't allowed to touch! LOL! There is a whole slew of books by Edward Gorey that are picturebooks for adults, and I love Hillaire Belloc's "Mathilda Who told such Dreadful Lies" illustrated by Posy Simmonds. The kid dies in the end.
However excited I was at the possibilites of this book, just reading the reviews at Amazon convinced me I'd probably give it 2-3 stars as well... Personally I don't know that make of car, and it seems very centered around particular American media and political references that hold very little resonance for me. It is too bad, as certainly one could have gone beyond that with this premise and parody and created something that speaks to all of us whom have read Where the Wild Things Are. It is FINE that it is not for children, and indeed, the child under the age of 8 or 12 who really gets parody is a rare child indeed. It just needs to be a bit less "pop culture joke of the minute" I think.
(note, it is NOT the fault of the authors if the marketing dept or the tag word department of Amazon put it in the kids' section when it is for adults)
On the other hand, has anyone read any of the other parodies listed on that page, esp the Goodnight Moon ones? Goodnight Goon, Goodnight Bush and Runaway Mummy seem to all get high praises.
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