cover image What Do You Suppose?

What Do You Suppose?

Nora Leone, illus. by Kara Leone. Higher Ground (www.highergroundpress.com/index.html), $13.99 trade paper (32p) ISBN 978-0-9766062-6-0

This debut from a mother-daughter team jubilantly imagines what kinds of clothes different types of animals might wear. Most of the rhymes have a pleasing, easy cadence, though they are inconsistent in their meter and sometimes have to stretch to make the rhymes work: %E2%80%9CChickens who scratch in the dirt, willy-nilly,/ wearing tights and high heels, would look pretty silly./ What kind of clothes would you see on a horse?/ Well, boots and a vest with fringe, of course!%E2%80%9D Kara Leone%E2%80%99s digital graphics epitomize cutesiness (her animals have wide Betty Boop eyes, complete with long lashes), though there are some winning images%E2%80%94the aforementioned chickens exude a punk-rock aggressiveness, and it%E2%80%99s hard not to giggle at a pair of cows that %E2%80%9Cprefer to wear tube tops and tinted sunglasses.%E2%80%9D A giraffe wears a selection of scarves in eye-catching knit patterns, while for an elephant diva adorned in a crown, pearls, and a feather boa, it%E2%80%99s all about finding the right accessories. The Leones deliver a lively read-aloud, especially suited for budding clotheshorses. Ages 3%E2%80%936.