Spencer and Vincent: The Jellyfish Brothers by Tony Johnston,
illustrated by Emily Dove. PICTURE BOOK Paula Wiseman (Simon and Schuster), 2019 $18. 9781534412088
BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) – ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Spencer and Vincent are brothers and best
friends. They enjoy floating around in
the ocean together but one day a “wave of superior magnitude” separated them
and Vincent is swept away. Spencer does
everything he can to find Vincent, and eventually with the help of other sea
creatures they are reunited.
I read this
to my two boys who are the best of friends and they both liked it. I think it’s sweet to recognize the bond
brothers share in this tender story. The
pictures are well done and there are a lot of different words that my boys
enjoyed reading (blammed, blobbed, verve, fluke, superior magnitude). There is an author’s note at
the end that gives some fun facts about jellyfish.
Reviewer, C. Peterson
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