Monday, December 8, 2008

Owen's Marshmallow Peep

Author/Illustrator: Kevin Henkes
Year: 2002
Reading Level: 3-6

Plot Summary: It's Easter and Owen has a lovely Easter basket full of goodies. One by one he gets out his favorite treats--jelly beans, a chocolate bunny--and eats them up. But when he gets to his yellow marshmallow chick, Owen just can't bring himself to eat it. Instead he plays with it all day and then puts it safely on his shelf at night.

My Rating: A-. I enjoyed this book. It was cute and had such cute little pictures. It's a good one for younger readers with lots of white space and simple, repetitive language. On the other hand...it's a book about Peeps! How random is that?

1 comment:

Professor Chaos said...

If the Peep doesn't end up in the microwave at some point in the book, I will be disappointed. That's why Peeps were invented!