Potato Pants!
I thought this children’s book was hilarious with its engaging dialogue, exciting illustrations and nonstop-action. I really enjoyed reading the author’s Arnie the Doughnut book, so when I read that she wrote a book about potato pants, I knew I had to read it.
I love the energy and excitement that flows from this book. From the variety of text fonts to the bright and cheerful illustrations, enthusiasm flows throughout. Potatoes expressions are quite comical and I think the feelings that Potato experiences are ones that everyone can relate to, also.
The story begins when Potato notices that Lance’s Vance’s Fancy Pants Store is selling potato pants. All the taters in town want a pair and ‘once they’re gone, they’re gone!” so Potato arrives at the store with all the other taters only to spot Eggplant there. What? Eggplant’s Pant Day was yesterday and Potato is so upset that he is there today. Potato reminiscences about what happened yesterday when he ran into Eggplant and Potato can’t even shop at the sale today because of that incident. The sale is about over and Potato still doesn’t have a pair of pants!
Laurie Keller does it again as she closes the story with a great lesson for children while entertaining them at the same time. I think children will love to read this story again and again, and these illustrations are a hoot!
