Grandpappy Snippy Snappies by Lynn Plourde

From the bright and colorful illustrations to the clever wording and silly nature of this book I was thoroughly entertained throughout the entire story. It is about Grandpappy, who snaps his suspenders and saves the day. He rescues cows stuck in the mud, the sheriff's car from a stack of hay bales, the derailed mail train, and Grandmammy from a flock of crows. The situations are funny and the reader never knows what he's going to have to rescue next. The text is written in a very creative way. The words are curved, slanted, big, small, bold, italicized, and everything in between. There is a lot of alliteration, which makes it fun to read out loud. Plourde incorporates opposites in an interesting way, so children who are just learning would benefit from having this book read to them. The layout of this book is interesting because the dedication and copyright information is listed on the last page of the book. In most books this information is written at the beginning. The layout is also interesting because the words are written all over the pages, not just in simple lines at the top or bottom.