Review: Lesson through revenge!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 28, 2013
Author Yael Manor and illustrators Anahit Aleqsanyan and Ani Vardanyan have created a book that is not only well written and visually pleasing but carries with it an important message about a chronic problem with children - making messes, and how to change that. This is the third of Yael Manor's successful twin stories: She has a set of twins of her own!Twins Ethan and Emma are messy eaters and toss their food on he floor without concern for their parent's instructions to be tidy. In that `other world' the slice of bread, tomato, cheese, omelet, potato and pie that have landed on the floor are disgusted. They plot and agree to get revenge. The next day when Emma and Ethan try to eat the food placed before them (slice of bread, tomato, cheese, omelet, potato and pie) each piece of food jumps from their hands onto the floor and then the revengeful foods march to the wastebasket to tidy up, leaving Emma and Ethan with no food to eat. With a satisfied parent looking on, the twins have learned their lesson - no more wasting of food and being messy at the table.The story relates to all children and allows them to see themselves as others (especially parent ...and food) see them. Very clever, very entertaining, very educational! Grady Harp, December 13