Pop! by Jason Carter Eaton, Matt Rockefeller
Published by First Second Books on July 3rd 2018
ISBN: 1626725039
Pages: 42
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Does your storytime include blowing bubbles? If not, here is the perfect book to introduce such an activity. Dewey likes blowing bubbles more than playing with other youngsters, which frees up his mind to be creative in his methods of capturing a bubble that floats just out of his reach. In spite of his ultimate failure to pop the bubble, it turns out to be a friendship story.    

Wide pages hold double page spreads and some pages show series of smaller images, urging the reader to move quickly along with Dewey. Text is well-placed and well-paced. Librarians might want to leave the dust jacket unsecured – don’t miss the cover image!

Before reading aloud, I would ask youngsters to think of ways they could reach that last elusive bubble that floats just of their reach, or for older students, discuss why bubbles float and pop. If you’re looking for a book to add to your STEM list, this should be on it, mostly because it doesn’t feel like it’s trying to be a STEM book!

Recommended for Cream of the Crop.

Reviewed by Lynn Mayer, Librarian, Old Town Elementary School, Old Town