26 months - great idea for a book, i love the idea of an accidental improptu parade causes by a dangling soughnut but neither the writing nor the illustrations seemed to make this successful. ( )

I found this book to be very predictable. It was about a boy who tied a doughnut to his belt and started walking in the street. Little by little he got more and more followers. First it was a chicken and then it turned out to be a full parade of people, following the rest of the people in the street just because. The sentences rhymed, but they were predictable. Once I saw the chicken following the boy, and then the cat following the chicken, I knew how this story was going to go. It ended with the boy stopping suddenly and everyone in the street crashing into each other. He went to a river and ate the doughnut that started this huge parade. The illustrations were in water color but the characters looked like clowns with bright red noses and cheeks. I feel like I've read a lot of book like these, so I wasn't interested. ( )

A good example of poetry because it uses rhyming words, with an order that takes the form of storytelling as a list. The joy of Billy, with his doughnut strung to his belt, is contagious as he marches through town. Others in the town join him and eventually they are all celebrating and playing musical instruments as they follow him down the street. Whether or not Billy ever realized what was going on behind him as he walked is questionable because he abruptly halts, leaving everyone in disarray. Billy casually wanders off, probably oblivious of the wonder he just caused, and plays with his boat in the water, dreaming. This poem is simple and quite adorable. It is a fun way of becoming more aware of rhyming words in literature.

Media: ink and wash ( )