Bad Bye, Good Bye

Reviewed by: Danielle Grady - Baxter Memorial Library, Gorham, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: December 29, 2014

Review

The illustrations look to be multimedia mix,which I like, but slightly on the "dark" side, making the story seem scarier than I would like it to be. Even though the text "lightens" up toward the end, the illustrations do not make it seem like a happy ending. They leave when it is raining and travel at night. One page shows daytime, then they arrive and move in at night. I don't know if this book would help a child alleviate their fears of moving or make them worse.

Overall Book Score: good

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About the Book

Author:

Underwood, Deborah

Illustrator: Bean, Jonathan

Illustration Quality: very good

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Book Type: picture book fiction

Genre: adventure

Audience: preschool

Binding Type: trade edition

Binding Quality: excellent

ISBN: 9780547928524

Price: 16.99