Reviews

No Buddy Like a Book by Allan Wolf

rdyourbookcase's review

3.0

It's cute, but he's kind of preaching to the choir. I enjoyed the illustrations, and young bookworms will love the rhymes.

bookenthusiast13's review

3.0

4 - 8 years

*Cute, and about books and travel through them. Illustrations are a bit meh.

fernandie's review

3.0

Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.

backonthealex's review

4.0

In this book extolling the wonderful things readers can find in books, they are reminded throughout that a book is nothing without a reader and their imagination: "But Books are only smears of ink/ without the reader's mind/ to give the letters meaning/ and to read between the lines." The unnamed narrator focuses on nonfiction and what readers can learn, like how icebergs stay afloat, or how to learn something like cooking and baking. Books can teach readers about space and how to build a telescope or take them on journeys anywhere in the world they would like to go. The only thing a reader needs besides knowing how to read is their own imagination. Told in an ABCB rhyme scheme, this lyrical tribute to books and reading will delight young readers just starting out on their own "...aboard the Book Express." Where will it take them? Wherever they want to go. The mixed media illustrations for this charming oversized book are bold and colorful, and includes diverse group of young readers. One of the things I used to tell my very reluctant fourth grader readers is how a book can open up so many new worlds and adventures for them. How I wish I had this book to read and show them what I was talking about.

erine's review

Can’t argue with the premise: books are great buddies, and they’re even better when they’re combined with a great imagination. And the illustrations are bright and colorful and draw you right in.