Special Delivery

Reviewed by: Patricia Temple - Long Island Community Library, Long Island, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: September 11, 2015

Review

This whimsical picture book is a delight from the cover illustration and the publisher's page to the resolution page and beyond. Sadie's mission is to deliver an elephant to her Great-Aunt Josephine,"who lives almost completely alone". Planes, trains and ice cream trucks are some of the methods used to transport the cooperative elephant. When Sadie, the elephant and three mice who appear in every scene arrive at Great'Aunt Josephine's house the reader discovers the special relationship this Great Aunt and niece share. The colorful, scribbly illustrations capture the fast moving pace of the journey, but contain wonderful details to be discovered with multiple readings.

Overall Book Score: very good