From School Library Journal
PreSchool-K-- As he did in Willy the Wimp and Gorilla both
Knopf, 1985, Browne will again captivate preschoolers with his
charming chimp, simple sentences, and colorful, action-filled
illustrations. In I Like Books, a young chimp shows readers fat and
thin books, funny and scary books, alphabet and counting books, and
others. Each uncluttered illustration is surrounded by a thin-line
frame with a small detail from the picture at each corner. Things I
Like includes activities most children will have experienced or
hope to: dressing up, kicking a ball, wading in the sea wearing
waterwings, of course. The very youngest will relate to Things I
Like, while a slightly more sophisticated level of understanding is
needed to fully comprehend the relationship between the adjective
describing the books and the illustrations, although . . . Books
does provide an elementary introduction to categories and kinds of
books. --Virginia Opocensky, formerly at Lincoln City Libraries,
NE
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text
refers to the Hardcover edition.
From the Inside Flap
"Browne brings a fresh perspective and his own witty visual
imagination even to such simple-seeming books as these small
catalogs of enthusiasms. Mass-market appeal combined with excellent
quality."--Kirkus --This text refers to an alternate Paperback
edition.