Sunday Love

In this slapstick picture book, printed in black, white, and red, lovelorn Bruno the Burglar—in prison stripes, mask, and ball-and-chain—uses a spoon to tunnel out of the Big House on Valentine's Day. Employing comic-style panels, Paul (The Crow [A Not So Scary Story] ) creates a wordless tale, except for some sound effects like the “wwwhee waaaa” of the prison siren and pursuers' shouts of “Halt! Halt!” At last Bruno reaches his destination, an ice-cream parlor that reveals his true love (and the title's double meaning). While the narrative is sometimes hard to follow, the book's strength is in its well-timed humor. Ages 3–7. (Jan.)