I Got You a Present! By Mike Erskine-Kellie and Susan McLennan, illustrated by Cale Atkinson. PICTURE BOOK. Kids Can Press, 2020. $17. 978152530097
BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
At a birthday party, presummable for the reader, the goose really wants to give the perfect gift. He tried a series of extravagant gifts but something went wrong with each one. Finally he reveals that the gift he is giving is this story of all the gifts, favorite things of the reader.
The meta nature of this book is a kind of a fun brain game, reading a book that the author is also illustrating inside of the book. But it is tricky to imagine who the appropriate audience for this book is. Someone whose birthday it is? That is a limited audience. I could see this being used as a way to prompt story creation as an art and capable of being used for gift giving.
Jen Wecker, HS English Teacher
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