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Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo: 06/09/24
Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo by William Joyce (1988) is a picture book with a Mark Teague feel. The Lazardo family love baseball and world travel. They always bring back something extraordinary. On their latest trip they bring back, Bob, a dinosaur. William Joyce's illustrations have a kitschy retro feel. They're somewhere between Mark Teague and Syd Hoff. But they can only go so far. The book is also about the one percent. It's about extreme privilege and all though the Larzardos are nice to Bob they do end up subjecting him to everyone else. I have to agree the mayor's wife who tries to get Bob removed from the town because he's a hazard. And finally there's the quiet racism of white folks going to exotic (meaning not white) areas to bring back souvenirs. Four stars Comments (0) |