The Right One for Roderic by Violeta Noy. PICTURE BOOK. Kings Road Publishing (Candlewick Press), 2019. $17. 9781536205725
BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Roderic is a little ghost in a big family and he feels like no one sees him. He tries to get noticed by wearing hats and extravagant clothing. Finally he finds a sheet that has patterns on it and realizes this is his perfect fit.
The humor in this book was a bit lost on my young reader because I had to keep explaining that ghosts wearing sheets is itself a joke. As a more mature reader, I found it funny, but it is a weakness of an author to not be able to take a child through the humor.
Jen Wecker, HS English Teacher
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