![]() A young girl pesters her mother who finally caves in saying, Setting up the entire story of Sparky who is anything but sparky. Yet, Sparky faces left and the tree blocks our path to the right. We are taught whenever possible to direct the action, the flow from left to right. The tree going up the right hand side stops your eye. It puts up a wall on the right and usually the goal is to eliminate those to invite a page turn. As an illustrator, I’m struck by the layout of the jacket. On the cover, Sparky’s gesture is totally incongruous to his name and I am instantly intriqued. ![]() Published by Schwartz and Wade I’ve really enjoyed reading it over and over trying to put into words why I like it so much. Sparky! By Jenny Offill and illustrated by Chris Appelhans is my idea of a perfect picture book. They chuckled and I laughed again and again. Then I made my 20 year old and 17 year old read it. I don’t remember the last time I laughed out loud reading a picture book. ![]()
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