Title: Creaky Old House: A Topsy-Turvy Tale of a Real Fixer Upper
Author: Linda Ashman
Illustrated By: Michael Chesworth
Published by: Sterling
Who could resist this book with this cover.This book has a pleasantly rhyming text and comically busy illustrations, the story tells of a large family in a dilapidated house and what happens when the doorknob falls off. Several members of the family come up with ideas of how to fix it, without the help of a handyman, which ends up making them decide they just need to design an entirely new house. First-person voice lends an insider feel to what is going on. I love how the illustrator places the ink, watercolor and the pencil illustrations on each page and the use of white space to surround them and to hold the text. Some illustrations have like cutaway views of the house, allowing me to see the location of each family member. Other pages offer a birds-eye view, looking down at a large scene of activities going on. Unlike other books that I have read, every page is busy, with eight people in a large family, plus a dog, a lot of fun is going and some cooperation. The illustrations reflect the words of the text and add more detail. In the end, the baby resolves the doorknob problem, simple and sweet, the family decides to love their house as it is.
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