Soon - very soon, the Orem Library Children's department will be posting regularly on a blog!
Here is a little preview of the post I've prepared :)
Otto Grows Down by Michael Sussman, illustrated by Scott MagoonNew York, NY: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2009, 30 p.
Suggested Interest Level: Ages 4-8
Otto gets a new sister, and she’s just in time to ruin Otto’s sixth birthday. Otto is not happy about the new addition, which is made abundantly clear when he uses his one birthday wish to, “wish that Anna was never born!”
True to the secret power of birthday wishes made under the correct conditions, Otto gets his heart's desire. Unfortunately, when Otto rewraps and returns all of his presents, he starts to get an idea that something may have gone horribly wrong. From leaving the barber with longer hair than he started out with, to getting out of the bathtub dirty instead of clean, Otto's un-growth is producing more than a few undesirable consequences.
As Otto arrives at his fifth birthday he attempts to fix his fateful wish. No luck. Fourth birthday? No. Third? No. Otto is stuck and the situation isn't looking good as Otto’s second birthday also comes and goes.
Now, its Otto’s last chance; his first birthday, but what can he do, he can’t even talk anymore!
Now, its Otto’s last chance; his first birthday, but what can he do, he can’t even talk anymore!
Like it? Want to read more picture books like this?
