More Caps for Sale

Reviewed by: Barbara Merritt - Scarborough School District, Scarborough, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: October 1, 2015

Review

Esphyr Slobodkina died in 2002. Ann Marie Mulhearn Sayre began working with Slobodkina in 1994 and became her personal assistant as well as a good friend. Slobodkina gave permission for Sayre to work on this sequel to caps for sale after Slobodkina's death. The book tells what happens at the end of the day that Caps for Sale ends. The peddler has sold no hats and is tired and worried. The monkeys are all following him.Eventually, the monkeys begin doing what they see the peddler doing, causing the towns people to take notice and making a happy ending for all. Over the years, Sayre came to have deep knowledge about Slobodkina's art and illustrations. Using that mental archive, she went through the works scanning details which she used as the illustrations in this book. Everything was taken from the original works of art and put together to create the illustrations in this book. It is all very effective and makes for a very effective and fun sequel to a childhood classic.

Overall Book Score: very good