Every Monday Mabel
(Caldecott Honor)
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- £9.49
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- £9.49
Publisher Description
A Caldecott Honor Book
Five starred reviews!
“An arm-pumping, truck-horn toot to each person reveling in their own ‘garbage.’” —BCCB (starred review)
From the creator of I’m Going to Build a Snowman comes a “enthusiastic, delightful” (BookPage, starred review) celebration of community helpers that captures the joy and wonder of being a kid, centering around a precocious girl whose favorite day of the week is Monday.
Every Monday, Mabel wakes up early and peeks out her window to make sure she didn’t miss the one thing she’s been looking forward to the whole week. She drags her chair down the hallway, past her big sister and Mom and Dad, out the door, and waits.
What is Mabel waiting for every Monday? According to Mabel, it’s the best thing in the world. But no one else in her family seems to understand…until they see what’s honking down the street!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Mondays don't get a lot of love—unless you're the eponymous protagonist of this picture book, in which case, "Monday is the best day of the week." To the amusement of her parents, Mabel wakes up early, dresses, grabs a bowl of dry cereal, and drags a chair to the driveway to await the garbage truck's arrival. "And it's huge!" writes Awan (I'm Going to Build a Snowman). "The engine roars! The lights flash! The hubcaps shine! The brakes squeak!" The vehicle lifts a garbage can into the air, and Mabel hoists her cereal bowl to the sky in solidarity. Mabel is convinced that everyone she knows has missed it, this "best thing in the world," but the following pages reveal that the child belongs to a bigger community: as the truck makes its rounds, it draws beaming faces to various windows, suggesting that trash-pickup Monday is the "best day" for a lot of people. Digital art, a blend of watercolor and cut-paper looks, employs soft shapes and strong geometric lines. Throughout, Mabel exudes the unshakable enthusiasm of a die-hard fan, and the truck, bright green with stylized details, proves a worthy object of communal adoration. Characters are portrayed with various abilities and skin tones. Ages 4–8.
