cover image Johnny Mutton, He's So Him!

Johnny Mutton, He's So Him!

James Proimos. Harcourt Children's Books, $16 (48pp) ISBN 978-0-15-216760-8

Dressed in boy's clothing, the eponymous sheep makes an encore performance in Johnny Mutton, He's So Him! by James Proimos, the sequel to The Many Adventures of Johnny Mutton. Bright comic strip-cells and speech bubbles convey Johnny's victory in a cooking contest, his role as host at a party for his good friend Gloria, and his ability to woo local grocery store patrons by writing poems on their brown bags (""Steak and/ potatoes./ Aluminum/ foil./ I like you./ Don't let/ the milk/ spoil!"").