Review by Booklist Review
The fluffy, lovable hero of The Thing about Yetis (2015) is back in this energetic bedtime story. Much like human kids, little Yeti is attached to a certain stuffed animal. Yeti and Chunk (unnamed in the actual text, although context clues are readily available in the illustrations) do everything together: picnic, play with building blocks, and snuggle at bedtime. When Chunk goes missing, Yeti is determined to find him, but even a thorough search of the house yields nothing, and Yeti sadly trundles off to bed alone. Nighttime is way scarier without a sidekick, and when lightning illuminates something Yeti missed before, he has to summon all his courage to save his friend (and the day). This is more text-heavy than its predecessor, and it admittedly loses some of its charm as it gets wordier. But the real appeal was always the digital illustrations, which remain adorably entertaining as wide-eyed Yeti races around. This won't calm kids down before bed, but it will certainly have them asking for more.--Reagan, Maggie Copyright 2016 Booklist
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Review by Horn Book Review
In this worthy successor to The Thing About Yetis, readers learn another thing about yetis: "(sometimes) they're afraid of the dark." Hence it's a calamity when a yeti's stuffed yeti (read: security object) goes missing. The book's humor comes from casting the ostensibly fearsome yeti as a creature of suburbia: dainty illustrations show it picnicking, selling lemonade, and so forth. (c) Copyright 2017. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
Yeti loses his nighttime companion and must brave a storm at night alone. Yeti and his stuffed yeti sidekick, Chunk, "stick together like peanut butter and jelly." The duo shares everything from food to danger, and they make a great team, whether they are reading or fighting dinosaurs. But one night at bedtime, Yeti realizes Chunk is nowhere in sight. Frantic, Yeti scours his home: he dons a snorkel and searches the still-filled bathtub, he grabs a flashlight to check outdoors, he rummages in the garbage, he digs through the toy box, and he dirties his white coat peeking up the chimney. Unsuccessful and scared, Yeti realizes that he will have to go to bed alone. He tries to sleep, but the storm, mysterious sounds under his bed, and strange shadows induce in Yeti a hair-raising fright. In his follow-up to The Thing About Yetis (2015), Vogel offers visual contrast between a satisfied, accompanied Yeti (white backgrounds with warm-color vignettes) versus a lone, frightened Yeti (isolated in the middle of gray and purple double-page spreads). Brief textoften just a sentence fragment or two per pageis set in a blocky sans serif typeface, while loud sounds appear in display type: the "KRA-AK!" of thunder; Yeti's proud "ROAR!" when he conquers his fear. A good choice for young ones who are overcoming nighttime obstacles, from lost bedtime companions to fear of the dark. (Picture book. 3-5) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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