Those green things
Author: Kathy Stinson
Publisher: Annick Press Ltd.
Copyright: 1995
Pages: 27
Reading Level: 2
Genre: Picture Book
Rating**

Summary:
Kids love to ask question, this book is a perfect example of that. This little girl loves to ask what the green things are. Over and over in the book the little girl and her mother go through the same routine only with different green things:
Girl: “What are those green things”
Mom: “What green things?”
Girl: “Those green things in the…”
Mom: “They are your”…. socks, crayons, garbage bags, garden hose and so forth
Girl: “Oh, I thought they were..” lizards eating my t-shirts, bugs and worms, lumpy bumpy monsters and more.
Finally after numerous questions the little girl asks what the green things are and her mother replies, that they are martians, and they are coming to take her to Mars so she can’t ask her anymore questions about the green things. The little girl asks what she is talking about, sits for a minutes and then asks “What are those green things on your sandwhich?”

Who would benefit from reading this?
This book would be fun for kids, more than that though it would be great for parents to read on those days that their child asks too many questions, and then they can know they are not alone. Kids would also enjoy it because they can identify with the little girl by what she thinks the green things are.

Potential problems/conflicts:
A problem I could possibly see would be if this book causes kids to just ask questions because, not because they are really curious.

My reaction:
This book was alright, I wasn’t as impressed by it, but it is still a fine book. The artwork was not my style and at times there was too much going on in the pictures to be able to focus on it for very long. Also, I won’t lie, it made me a little annoyed by all the questions. This is one that a kid could easily read to themselves though and enjoy.