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Step right up, fearless readers! Today, in this very book, we will PROVE to you that a snake can hide in a snowflake, that pigs can paint, and that the ones who copy the most are not necessarily cats! Prepare to be AMAZED by the game of hide-n-seek the words play! These tricksters are true experts in the art of camouflage!
Michaël Escoffier was born in France in 1970. Raised by a family of triceratops, he discovered his passion for writing and telling stories at a young age. He lives in Lyon with his wife and two children.
Kris Di Giacomo is an American who has lived in France since childhood. She has illustrated over twenty-five books for French publishers, which have been translated into many languages. This is her seventh book with Enchanted Lion Books.
"...a fun way to engage with language and reading in a nontraditional way." -Jen Wecker, Kiss the Book
Author Notes
Michael Escoffier was born in France in 1970. Raised by a family of triceratops, he discovered his passion for writing and telling stories at a young age. He lives in Lyon with his wife and two children.
Kris Di Giacomo is an American who has lived in France since childhood. She has illustrated over 25 books for French publishers, which have been translated into many languages. This is her seventh book to be published by Enchanted Lion. The others are My Dad Is Big & Strong, BUT... , Brief Thief , Me First! , The Day I Lost My Super Powers , Take Away the A , enormous SMALLNESS, A life of E. E. Cummings .
Reviews (4)
School Library Journal Review
K-Gr 3-As three white mice follow a sign to school, they invite readers to "search for hidden words!" A series of questions are asked, and the answers are hidden in the final work with visual clues; putting the letters that appear in a different color and font size together provides the solution. For example, a pig holding a paintbrush in front of a splattered canvas is the artist who "made this painting." The word painting is presented in black, but the letters P, I, and G are slightly larger and in red. Animals filled with personality cavort and play across the well-composed pages. A muted palette enhances the humor and invites readers to closely examine the affable pictures, which also hold the answers hidden in the words. The only one missing appears in the final chaotic, joyful spread: "baBOOn!" VERDICT This fresh and festive book encourages not only wordplay but careful examination of illustration sure to please readers of any age.-Maria B. Salvadore, formerly at District of Columbia Public Library © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
Escoffier and Di Giacomo keep up the wordplay in this fun companion to 2014's Take Away the A, which invites readers to find the names of animals hidden within various words. The text consists of a series of questions ("Who is hiding behind the castle?"), with red letters highlighting the answers (in this case, the C, A, and T in "castle"). Di Giacomo's rough-hewn illustrations place the action in a rowdy school, with plenty of funny encounters to keep kids giggling: a brown cow looks sidelong at three mischief-making mice who seem to be making a glue catapult, while the baboon of the title shows up-with a big "boo"-in the final pages. Ages 4-8. (Oct.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
"It's a book! It's a game! It's Super Bookgame!" As the cover art teases, this is both a game and a riddle book, with clever illustrations providing clues. This companion to Take Away the A (2014), created by the same team, immediately engages readers in the wordplay. The two pages following the title set the scene, as three white mice carting a pencil say, "Let's go search for hidden words." First up is the question, "Who is the headmaster?" The answer is the hamster, who is standing on a stack of books ringing a school bell. "Who is hiding behind the castle?" A cat's ears poke up behind the toy structure. "Who is the clown?" A brown cow juggles the three mice. The answers are found in the color of the type: the dropped letters are set in black, and the remaining, red letters form the new word. All of the characters are creatures of one sort or another, and the three impish mice appear in each scene. One peeks out of a crayon box while the other two tie a string on the cat's tail; they play at folding paper on the page where a snake makes snowflakes. All together, the textured, humorous illustrations tell a story about a boisterous day in an elementary school, culminating in a slate-blue bird's birthdaythat's crashed by a baboon: "BOO!" The interplay on the pages is whimsical, charming, and overflowing with fun. In a word: outstanding. (Picture book. 5-12) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
*Starred Review* Astride a sharpened pencil, a white mouse points ahead and declares to his fellow mice, Let's go search for hidden words! Marching onward, they arrive at school. Escoffier and Di Giacomo proved they are no slouches at wordplay in their alphabet book, Take Away the A (2014), and, as the cover of their newest suggests, there's fun to be had in this 2-in-1 book game. Double-page spreads show the mouse's classroom and the different activities in which students are engaged. Each spread contains a question to the reader, as well. One asks, Who is hiding behind the castle? A quick look shows some pointy orange ears and whiskers poking over the parapet. It's a cat! But wait, what's so clever about that? The answer is also spelled out in the question itself, where the C, A, and T in castle appear in a large, red font. Kids will enjoy searching for answers in both words and pictures, not to mention the surprise at the story's end. The muted colors of Di Giacomo's illustrations complement each scene's subtle humor (a seagull reading Jonathan Livingston, for instance), and all works together beautifully to unify language, picture, and story.--Smith, Julia Copyright 2015 Booklist
