This just in! The first
review for hello! hello! and it's a starred one from Publishers Weekly! So pumped! Thank you, PW!
Hello! Hello!
Matthew Cordell. Disney-Hyperion, $16.99 (56p) ISBN 978-1-4231-5906-3
Cordell (Another Brother) outdoes himself with this silly, loving
nose-tweak to digital civilization. Lydia’s electronic gadgets fail to
charm her one afternoon, and her family members—all drawn in shades of
gray—are lost in their own virtual worlds. “Pec Pec Pec,” her father
texts in an anonymous LCD font. “Zap Beep Pow,” chirps her brother’s
video game. Led outside by a stray leaf, Lydia discovers trees, bugs,
flowers, and a horse who knows her name. The outdoor world appears in
full color, Cordell’s text becomes hand-lettered, and the action
unspools faster and faster. The horse carries Lydia through the flowers,
picking up by twos and threes an improbable group of animal friends—a
fish, a gorilla, a swan, even a whale—who chorus “hello” and thunder
across the fields with them, until Lydia’s cellphone rings and
everything comes to a halt. Fortunately, upon her return, Lydia is able
to entice her family outside. The vision of Lydia and her escape is a
glorious image of liberation; it’s required reading for any kid with a
phone. Ages 2–6. Agent: Rosemary Stimola, Stimola Literary Studio.
(Sept.)
3 comments:
]Matthew,
I just purchased ANOTHER BROTHER and had to leave you a note. As a mom of 4 boys, then a surprise girl. I laughed out loud @ our indie bookstore and had to 1. tweet about it and 2. take it home. Looking forward to Hello & future works. Cheers.
Thanks so much for the kind words, Kristin! Thanks for picking up ANO BRO and for checking in here at the blog. Very kind of you and glad to hear it resonated with you and your little ones!
I think that this first review will help us get the details you want to convey to us and thus become a great start to the project.
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