Otto’s Orange Day
We all had a favorite color when we were kids and maybe we still do. Otto’s story shows us what happens when we love that color a little too much, mayhem ensues! Written by Jay Lynch (among other things famed for his efforts on Garbage Pail Kids and Wacky Packages) and penned by award winning illustrator, Frank Cammuso, Otto’s Orange Day
Otto’s Aunt mails him an orange (Aladdin’s) lamp and he quickly finds that he has one wish, where he can have anything he wants. With this, he wishes everything orange. Once his mother serves him orange spinach, he starts to realize that everything isn’t better orange. Knowing that he has used his one wish he has to think quick to turn everything back to the right color. To save the day, Otto will need his family’s help, some quick thinking, and…a pizza?
Cammuso’s art is both stylish and approachable for kids new to the -indicative of comic books, while Lynch’s writing is clever, lighthearted and attainable for this young audience. I read this to my four year old and two year old on a regular basis and both grab it from our crammed bookshelves over and over again, and that in itself speaks volumes.
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January 14th, 2009 at 9:52 am
Officially delurking to say thanks for this book recommendation — it sounds like a winner, based on what you said and the ratings at Amazon.com (all reviews are 5 stars). And the book was published on my son’s birthday to boot!