Reviews for Won't Somebody Play With Me?

The average rating for Won't Somebody Play With Me? based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-12-31 00:00:00 Julius Brown It�s amazing how a book I identified with as a child (and have fond memories of reading aloud, especially the one time my parents thought I was actually asking �Won�t somebody play with me?�) is still so relevant to me today. The story of a little girl who wants to play on her birthday but is rejected at every turn is simply a tale of human nature. Who wouldn�t get mad? Who doesn�t wish they could show their friends how bad it feels when those friends are purposefully abandoning them? But despite the story spiraling downward from happiness and expectation to disappointment, sadness, anger, and loneliness, we�re shown that, in the book as in life, big ups are in store, too, if you just stick around long enough! And those were just my feelings about the story. I love the artwork, too. I always loved Steven Kellogg books as a kid and tried to get as many as I could (I still possess my childhood collection) all because of the pictures. The art in this particular tome is great for passing on the feelings of the story. The mundane parts, everyday life, are depicted mostly in black and white, while the imaginings of our protagonist and the big reveal at the end are all drawn in bright colors and crazy strokes, as if a child had colored them. All in all, this remains (I didn�t realize it was first published back in the 70s, a decade before I was born!) a great book.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-03-29 00:00:00 Matt Koskenmaki It's Kim's birthday and everyone seems to have forgotten! Miffed folk everywhere will delight in Kim's imagination as she plots revenge on her (so-called) friends.