Millie Waits for the Mail
Alexander Steffensmeier, . . Walker & Co., $16.95 (24pp) ISBN 978-0-8027-9662-2
As determined and beguiling as those click-clacking cows that type, Steffensmeier's bovine heroine may be even funnier. Like any self-respecting toddler who likes to say BOO, Millie lies in wait for the mailman every day, for the pure, unadulterated pleasure of scaring him. While the text is both lively and concise, most of the book's considerable charm emanates from the droll visual humor. The barnyard teems with curious chickens and amusing details, unrelated to the story thread, which children will love to search out. A bird in swimming shorts dives from a bird house into a tractor shovel filled with water (and a tiny life saver). The no-nonsense female farmer peruses elegant fashion in
Reviewed on: 08/06/2007
Genre: Children's
Hardcover - 32 pages - 978-0-8027-9663-9