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A review by pwbalto
Captain Raptor and the Moon Mystery by Kevin O'Malley
5.0
One of my all-time favorite boy books. The art is BEAUTIFUL.
First time I read this to my son, who was then maybe 3, he responded to the old-timey rhetorical "Could this be the end of Captain Raptor?" by whispering "No!" When I asked him why he thought it wasn't the end, he said, "Because there's a lot more pages!"
One note on the art: this was the first time Kevin O'Malley, a respected illustrator in his own right, worked with artist Patrick O'Brien. So, he says, he came up with the hardest thing he could think of - a spaceship being attacked by a giant squid - just to see how good this O'Brien fellow was.
Pat's a friend of ours, and when he told me on the playground that his next book was going to be 'dinosaurs in space,' I groaned and rolled my eyes. "What, no pirates?" I think I said. What do I know - Captain Raptor and the Moon Mystery is fantastic, and there are pirates in the sequel!
First time I read this to my son, who was then maybe 3, he responded to the old-timey rhetorical "Could this be the end of Captain Raptor?" by whispering "No!" When I asked him why he thought it wasn't the end, he said, "Because there's a lot more pages!"
One note on the art: this was the first time Kevin O'Malley, a respected illustrator in his own right, worked with artist Patrick O'Brien. So, he says, he came up with the hardest thing he could think of - a spaceship being attacked by a giant squid - just to see how good this O'Brien fellow was.
Pat's a friend of ours, and when he told me on the playground that his next book was going to be 'dinosaurs in space,' I groaned and rolled my eyes. "What, no pirates?" I think I said. What do I know - Captain Raptor and the Moon Mystery is fantastic, and there are pirates in the sequel!