A review by snowelf
Luke on the Loose: Toon Level 2 by Harry Bliss

3.0

We've been going through a few of those new Toon Books, and they're actually a welcome change from the ancient early readers that we otherwise typically manage to find at the library (as good as [b:Henry and Mudge: The First Book|820863|Henry and Mudge The First Book (Henry and Mudge, #1)|Cynthia Rylant|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1347231275s/820863.jpg|1589622] may be). This one is really easy, mostly very basic words, but there's also quite a bit of onomatopoeia. There isn't much to the story: a little boy wanders away from his daddy, chasing pigeons, creating quite the implausible ruckus in the process. It's not terribly creative, but illustrated in a nice european cartoon style it's an agreeable read and my four year old got through it before it started to bore him the least. In one of the frames I spotted Captain Haddock, from [b:Tintin|165555|The Crab With the Golden Claws|Hergé|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1328086778s/165555.jpg|185664], so after thinking "can that be?" I went back and scanned through the whole book, spotting three more classic cartoon characters that I had missed earlier (I had just been looking over my son's shoulder as he read), that's sort of a nice touch too! These Toon Books are definitely good picks for the emerging reader.