Yay, you! Moving out, moving up, moving on

Sandra Boynton

Book - 2001

In rhyme, outlines some of the possibilities that life has to offer, from the adventurous to the tranquil.

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Subjects
Genres
Stories in rhyme
Picture books
Published
New York : Simon & Schuster 2001.
Language
English
Main Author
Sandra Boynton (-)
Edition
1st ed
Physical Description
31 p. : ill
ISBN
9780689842832
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Like Dr. Seuss's Oh, the Places You'll Go!, Boynton's latest picture book seems geared more for the graduation gift market than the children's bookshelf. She strikes up a chipper note from the start, offering introductory congratulations of an unspecified nature to the reader ("You did it!/ You're done!/ You made it!/ You're through!") then asks, "Now what will you do?" A tongue-in-cheek dash, in rhyme, through the many options life holds follows ("Do you long for adventure?/ Do you love to read maps?/ Would you rather stay home/ with your chocolate,/ perhaps?"). If Boynton treads a well-worn path here, offering advice that is somewhat generic and bland ("Whatever you do,/ whether near or so far,/ I know you'll be great./ You already are"), the artwork plays against the relentlessly upbeat tone and helps to hoist the book above greeting-card sentiment. Filled with her trademark bestiary of droll, quizzical characters, from a cow meditating in the lotus position ("oom") to a frog with an outboard motor attached to his lily pad ("some like to go fast"), the amusing scenarios will prod laughter from young and old alike. All ages. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

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Review by Horn Book Review

You did it! / You're done! / You made it! / You're through! Plenty of high school and college graduates will receive this extended greeting card in the guise of a children's book. Boynton's familiar menagerie encourages readers to make good choices upon entering the world: Is your mind moved by science? / Or does art move your soul? In spite of the cheerful art and rhyming text, this will hold little meaning for the actual picture book crowd. From HORN BOOK Fall 2001, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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