Kevin Sherry made his children’s book debut last year with I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean, which was one of my favorite books last summer. The illustrations in this story about a giant squid with a big ego are exactly the kind of bright, big, bold stuff that the under six set love during read alouds. The squid is very funny, and kids do pick up on the lesson about being too full of yourself.
Archive: July 15, 2008