Paulina P. (for Petersen)
Lisa Cinar, . . Simply Read, $16.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-1-897476-09-3
Building a picture book around the charm of a single letter is a tall order, and despite some very energetic artwork, this alliterative celebration of all things P feels overlong. Paulina P., the book's P-obsessed heroine, is described in puffy patter (“paisley patterns, poetry,/ name anything that starts with P,/ Paulina loves it—/ INSTANTLY!”). She plays pirate (“Out of my way, Putrid Plankton!”), practices painting and can't understand her friend Penny Lee's interest in hearts (“Preposterous!” Paulina P. sputters. “Hearts have nothing to do with the letter P!”). In contrast to the one-note text, Cinar's (
Reviewed on: 09/14/2009
Genre: Children's