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scostner's review
4.0
I love picture books that play with the idea of how a story is created. In this one, the author and illustrator disagree on how closely the pictures should match up with the text. Next thing you know, someone has been swallowed by the lion in the story! My students will love the humor of this book, especially parts like receiving a phone call while in the lion's stomach. (I guess it's a bit like "George of the Jungle," no one dies - they just get really big boo-boos.) The mix of art mediums was clever and added to the sense of creativity in the story. I recommend this to readers of all ages.
debz57a52's review against another edition
4.0
I love books who get all meta in the storyline. This book is about Chloe and her adventure, yes, but it also about the writer Mac and the illustrator Adam learning to share the storytelling process - and maybe that Hank the other illustrator has a different style of art, and that's okay too. Chloe and her story are shown in illustrations, but the author and illustrators are shown as little clay dolls, to stand out from the rest of the story, which was a useful and clever contrast method. Overall, really funny book that I'm sure my kids would have hooted at when they were young. (My teens may not sit still long enough for storytime with me now.)
jmanchester0's review
5.0
Hilarious!! Adam Rex and Mac Barnett make a fantastic team. An awfully good "meta" book, in which the story centers around the breaking of the fourth wall, Chloe and the Lion is a fun book that our whole family cracked up through and read several times when we checked it out of the library. (That's ages 5, 10, 39, and 41.)
A book you have to get to read to your kids (or just to read to yourself)!
A book you have to get to read to your kids (or just to read to yourself)!
wordnerd153's review
3.0
I generally love books in which the narrator talks right to the reader and I did laugh out loud a few times while reading this, but by the end of the story I just wasn't enamored with it. Younger readers will love its silly playfulness and older kids will get some of the more sophisticated humor and adults will enjoy reading it out loud...but for some reason it just didn't earn more than 3 stars. Huh. Maybe I'm having an off night.
just_fighting_censorship's review
4.0
This is a very cute piece of meta-fiction with the author and illustrator talking directly to the audience and disagreeing on the direction of the book the audience is currently reading. A fun read with a range of art to aid the plot and some really fun references to other stories.
I wouldn't say it's great for a group read-aloud but might be fun as a bedtime story.
I wouldn't say it's great for a group read-aloud but might be fun as a bedtime story.
maidmarianlib's review
4.0
Interesting combination of illustrations styles, along with some interesting meta-fiction about the collaboration between author and illustrator.
biddywink's review
4.0
This was a fun read. I laughed aloud at several parts, just as my fellow librarian co-workers did. The story is very meta and has a good plot line to encourage cooperation, collaboration, and respect for your fellow collaborators. The illustrations are a wonderful blend of drawing, 3-D art, and clay.
This is a children's picture book that will delight both kids and the adults reading it to/with them.
This is a children's picture book that will delight both kids and the adults reading it to/with them.
erine's review
4.0
A strange collage of author/illustrator arguing combined with a feisty young lady adventuress story. Amused by the reference to Frankenstein's monster about halfway through... it took me a minute to get the reference, but it's on par with the overall level of quirky humor.
annieliz's review
4.0
I really like this - but I think the audience is limited. It's very meta. But - maybe I'm thinking too much about it. :) I think older kids will like the mixed up illustrations and clever story.