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Summary
There once was a little, little girl... with a BIG, BIG voice.
One day she went to find someone to play with.
In this vibrantly illustrated picture book, one loud little girl looks for a friend to play with. She searches the jungle high and low for a pal but her BIG voice scares all the animals away! One by one, an elephant, a snake and a croc quickly retreat away from her booming vocals, until at last she finds the perfect playmate-whose "roar" is even louder than hers!
Author Notes
Kristen Balouch lives in a quiet little house on a quiet little street in not-so-quiet Brooklyn, New York. She lives there with her quiet little son and little, little daughter who has a big, big voice. They are mostly happy.
You might see Kristen at a cafe or on the subway or riding her bike around New York. She might be sketching or daydreaming or writing something down. If you happen to see her...be very quiet ot you might frighten her away...shhh...
Reviews (5)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 1-A small, dark-skinned girl sets off one day to look for a friend, but when she opens her oversize mouth, she scares off an elephant, a snake, and a crocodile. Only a lion, whose voice presumably is as loud as hers, answers her call with a roar. Each short sentence is set on a brightly colored stylized spread. The large concentric circles in the drawings echo the girl's round, open mouth. The pictures are pleasant enough, but there is not enough plot or character development to engage readers. Skip this one.-Martha Simpson, Stratford Library Association, CT (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
Candy-colored spreads, whimsically abstracted characters, and big, bold curves make this book as loud a spectacle as its hero. The protagonist's outsize head dwarfs her tiny body; fat braids stick out on either side of her head like Pippi Longstocking. "She came upon an elephant blowing bubbles in the water," Balouch (Baby Polar) writes, "but something scared the elephant away." It's easy to see what the "something" is: the girl, twirling a lariat around her head, has opened her pink mouth wide, and great rings of sound fill the spread in bands of pink, orange, and green. She scares a series of intimidating creatures-a snake, a crocodile-but when she meets a lion, "the lion looked at the little girl... and ROARED." The setback is momentary. "And the little girl looked at the lion... and laughed." Together the two roll on the ground giggling, broad circles of sound radiating from them both. Limited, spare, yet full of energy, it's a vision of a child who, far from being shamed for her booming voice, enjoys it in perfect freedom and happiness. Ages 2-5. (June) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Horn Book Review
A nameless "little, little girl" has a great, big, booming voice. In fact, it's so loud that she can't find anyone to play with. Potential playmates -- elephant, snake, crocodile -- are deterred by her scary vocalizations. It's when she comes upon a lion that she meets her match -- and makes a friend: "The lion looked at the little girl...and ROARED. And the little girl looked at the lion...and laughed." The color palette of fluorescent pinks, oranges, and greens is as loud as the girl's voice, while the occasional use of a neutral beige or gray provides contrast. When the little girl is roaring freely, her wide-open mouth is a solid bubblegum-pink shape lined with itty-bitty white teeth. Balouch's collage-like digital illustrations are funky and invigorating, while the page design is clean and complementary to the art; it's the overall look of the book that will appeal to youngsters over the spare text. Parents beware: this boisterous book emits an energy unbefitting a bedtime read. katrina hedeen (c) Copyright 2011. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
Exuberant, stylized illustrations in bright pink, peach, coral, lime, orange and lemon effectively portray this girl and her energy. Bands of color radiate outward from her relatively small image, visually expressing her spirit (and "big, big voice"). The brief, simple text begins as if it were a folktale"There was a little, little girl"and proceeds deliberately, almost at a stately pace: She visits animal after animal, scaring off each one in turn. It isn't until a lion roars back at her that she realizes she has met her match. Other kids might cry or be afraid, but she just laughs, overjoyed. Folkloric elements in the art complement the text; patterns repeat in the girl's hair, on the animals' hides and in the backgrounds. However, the overall look is modern, with bold use of color and shape making the images pop. While ethnicity isn't directly addressed here, this little girl's brown face and glossy black hair make her an accessible everygirl for a contemporary, diverse population. Young readers can practically hear this little, little girl's big, big voice from where they're sitting, and most preschoolers will know exactly how she feels. (Picture book. 3-6)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
*Starred Review* In an impossible-to-resist invitation for loudmouths everywhere to cut loose, Balouch presents a small girl dark of skin, bright of striped dress, and very large of doubled pigtails whose successive stentorian greetings to a startled elephant, snake, and crocodile send those much-larger animals skittering away in alarm. The simple, high-contrast, cut-paper collage illustrations composed with hot colors, huge swirls, and sweeping curves are a visual manifestation of her exuberance, capturing her volume so perfectly they look poised to burst right off the page. In contrast to the sometimes spread-filling creatures she accosts, the child is just a small figure in each jungle scene, but when her mouth goes from huge grin to wide-open holler, her entire head becomes just a thin rim around a comically gaping pink maw. At last she meets a lion, who, instead of running, roars right back. Mutually delighted by their self-created ruckus, the two pla. until the end of the da. and then cuddle for some downtime in a cozy, quiet final scene. The operatic urchins starring in the likes of Alexis O'Neill and Nancy Carpenter's Loud Emily (1998) and James Proimos' Loudness of Sam (1999) have nothing on this diminutive but siren-voiced wild child.--Peters, Joh. Copyright 2010 Booklist
