![]() ![]() GROOVY!” The cat is shown at the wheel of a yellow microbus strung with garland and lights and with a star-topped tree tied to its roof. Nor does Pete have a great sense of scansion: “On the first day of Christmas, / Pete gave to me… / A road trip to the sea. If it weren’t part of the title and repeated on every other page, readers unfamiliar with Pete’s shtick might have a hard time arriving at “groovy” to describe his Christmas celebration, as the expressionless cat displays not a hint of groove in Dean’s now-trademark illustrations. Pete, the cat who couldn’t care less, celebrates Christmas with his inimitable lassitude. The ending feels slapdash given the relaxed pacing of the pair’s banter to that point, but readers’ funny bones won’t mind.Ī barrel of giggles, exaltation of friendship, and slight science to boot. The text is told entirely in color-coded dialogue, Sea Monkey’s lines printed in pink-outlined white letters and Bob’s in green-outlined yellow. Sea Monkey and Bob’s wry, deadpan riffs match Ohi’s humorous digital asides. But just as their worst fears begin to come true (“It is happening! I think I am floating, Sea Monkey!”), a clever solution stops them in their tracks. What if his very light frame floats to the top? There is air up there! He begins to list items that float, and terror seizes both oceanic creatures. But I’m pretty sure they sink,” Sea Monkey fires back.) But now Bob is worried. (“You have never seen a dinosaur,” admonishes Bob. Bob thinks the idea is absurd, but Sea Monkey’s logical list of heavy items such as anchors, tubas, rocks-even dinosaurs-changes his mind. What if his tiny but heavier-than-it-looks frame sinks to the bottom of the ocean? It is dark and scary down there. Surrounded by blue water and colorful corals, Sea Monkey is very concerned. Sea Monkey (a dapper, bow-tied brine shrimp) and Bob (a green-speckled puffer fish) both face a worrisome underwater plight-density. ![]()
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