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A review by sandyd
The Birthday Ball by Jules Feiffer, Lois Lowry
5.0
A kid's book that I loved, despite not being really interested in the description (an unsatisfied princess has a 16th birthday approaching, with some unlikeable suitors). I read it because I've loved just about everything Lowry's written, and this was no exception. My 8 year old daughter also really enjoyed it, and there was some fun but challenging vocabulary for her - the princess has a cat named Delicious, and Lowry manages to find a lot of words that rhyme with delicious.
One caveat - I did not like many of the illustrations, which were done by Jules Feiffer, who also illustrated "The Phantom Tollbooth". His drawings were great when it came to the bad guys - the Duke of Dyspepsia, Prince Percival of Pustula - but I didn't like it when the likable characters were all weirdly distorted.
One caveat - I did not like many of the illustrations, which were done by Jules Feiffer, who also illustrated "The Phantom Tollbooth". His drawings were great when it came to the bad guys - the Duke of Dyspepsia, Prince Percival of Pustula - but I didn't like it when the likable characters were all weirdly distorted.