Check It Out - RRRalph

This is the first post in a new blog that will introduce a recently published children's book each week.  Every featured book will be available at the Easton Area .

RRRALPH (Written and illustrated by Lois Ehlert)

Lois Ehlert brings her signature bold collages to this laugh-out-loud story about a talking dog. 

In a series of jokes that will surely bring giggles to preschoolers and primary graders, a narrator tells how the brilliant pet can answer questions:  "What’s your name?  Rrralph, Ralph.  How’s the path feel on your paws?  Rough, rough." 

Don’t let the one-liners distract you from poring over the illustrations, though.  Ralph’s mouth is a zipper; his nose is a pop-cap; and the bark on that tree is real.  It is hard to finish this book without gathering up the stray buttons, paper clips, and foil wrappers lying around the house to make some collages of your own.