Reviews for Python's party

The average rating for Python's party based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-07-10 00:00:00 Natalie Bartlett This simple folktale-like story tells of a hungry python whom nobody trusts. He decides to throw a party, at which he promises to behave himself. All the animals show up and perform tricks in the hope of entertaining one another. A fox and a genet balance on one another's feet. A zebra kicks coconuts into the air with his hind feet. A lion paints himself with mud and asks the other animals to guess what he's supposed to be. Finally, a pelican invites several animals to climb into his enormous beak. This trick impresses the partygoers so greatly that the python offers a challenge: he's certain he can fit into his mouth even more animals than the pelican could. You can guess what happens from there. There is a happy ending, but you'll have to read the book to find out who saves the animals. The vivid, kinetic-seeming illustrations are the real standout here, with the simple story providing a perfect foil for Wildsmith's crawling, curling jungle foliage and boldly painted animals. I particularly like how he allows the watercolor to bleed and feather into the paper; it gives the illustrations a sense of movement. This is my (and my daughter's) first Wildsmith book. We'll be interested to check out more!

Review # 2 was written on 2020-04-21 00:00:00 Jesse Gomez Folk tale-style book about Python trying to lure the other animals to a talent show party so he can eat them. I love the illustration style. However, the tricks weren't amusing to me. In addition, so many of the animals don't live in the jungle, just Africa, and that inaccuracy in the title annoyed me.