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Question Boy Meets Little Miss Know-It-All
By CATALANOTTO, Peter
- ISBN
- 978-1-4424-0670-4
- Publisher
- S & S Atheneum
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2012 | Preschool to Grade 4
PreS-Gr 1—Question Boy roams the city, vanquishing foes with endless queries. Garbage Man, Police Woman, and Oil Man all flee from his barrage, but he meets his match in Little Miss Know-It-All. They face off, hurling questions and random facts till they both collapse. Strong, clever writing plays with the comic superhero genre: "He left Wonder Wait...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on February 1, 2012
Young children do seem to have a superhuman capacity for interrogation. Catalanotto takes this concept and flies with it to create his intrepid caped crusader for whom no question is too daunting or trivial to ask. Patrolling a residential neighborhood, rendered in verdant sun-drenched watercolors, Question Boy takes on and bests one costumed everyday hero after another. For example, while Garbage Man (bedecked in head-to-toe s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
Catalanotto creates an intrepid caped crusader for whom no question is too daunting or trivial to ask. Question Boy bests one every...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
