Go and Get with Rex

From the creators of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award–winning See the Cat (2020), here’s another genuinely funny book. LaRochelle is very effective at creating comical situations, and his text reads aloud beautifully. In Wohnoutka's expressive gouache illustrations, which include speech balloons, Rex's puppy-dog eyes and body language make the story’s outcome seem inevitable, but surely kids wouldn’t have it end any other way. Well attuned to its audience of prereaders and beginning readers, this book is zany, fun, and downright irresistible.
—Booklist (starred review)

In this peppy read, creative partners LaRochelle and Wohnoutka (See the Cat: Stories About a Dog) introduce “Go and Get”—an “eye spy”–like alphabet game that keeps three players on their toes. . . . The unflagging energy and creative play on offer should soon prompt readers to transfer the game from picture book to real life.
—Publishers Weekly

From the Geisel Award–winning team behind See the Cat (2020) comes another surprising, amusing, and educational treat for beginning readers. . . . Expert pacing enhances the humor. Expressive cartoons highlight the deadpan moment before the narrator (and readers) catch on to Rex’s unexpected wins. . . . Quirky, unexpected fun.
—Kirkus Reviews

As in See the Dog: Three Stories About a Cat (BCCB 7/21), LaRochelle offers a wonderfully cheeky but absolutely functional sendup of the early reading primer, with an engaging narrator and a familiar premise. While the phonics lesson is obvious, the actual building of literacy skills is stealthier, with vocabulary varying in sophistication and sentence structure getting more complicated as the chaos increases. The art is uncomplicated but essential in understanding the humor, building on the visual literacy that picture books have likely already established for young readers. This is a fanciful offering that proves phonics can still be fun.
—The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

A perfect book for kids who know the alphabet but aren't yet strong readers — or for any kid who likes to laugh. . . With comical illustrations and a brief, easy-to-read text, this book is both funny and subversively educational.
—The Star Tribune

This delightfully funny picture book is great for preschoolers and kindergartners learning their alphabet.
—Book Riot