The Couch Potato
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
A funny family story that turns the meaning of “couch potato” on its head. Mr. Russet is the first to spot it. A potato. Right in the middle of the couch. He’s had enough. “Every day I pick up this, I pick up that, I pick up everything!” he exclaims. “I will not pick up that potato!” And he doesn’t. In fact, he won’t pick up anything else either! But as the days pass, the rest of the family don’t seem to mind the potato in the living room. Or the growing mess. What’s a potato protestor to do? A cautionary tale that kids will devour whole!
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It's not clear what an actual potato is doing on the Russet family's living room sofa, but that's all it takes to send Mr. Russet, who is responsible for the housekeeping, over the edge. Fed up with tidying, he resolves that "he was not going to pick up that potato, and he was not going to pick up anything else either!" Unfortunately, the rest of the family does not rise to the occasion: Violet dresses the potato in a tiny pink tutu and a too-big baseball cap, and Mrs. Russet eventually cedes "a whole cushion" to it, squishing together with the kids at the sofa's other end. With Mr. Russet self-sequestered in "potato-free rooms," domestic hygiene soon teeters at the tipping point. Will no one rid the household of this troublesome tuber? The colored pencil, gouache, and watercolor images have a na f look of on-the-spot sketches, and they're a fine match for the deadpan narration. Sparrow (Sleep, Sheep!) and debuting Huang cleverly and inventively reaffirm a universal family truth: never underestimate how a little annoyance can quickly escalate into a laughably big deal. Ages 3 7. Illustrator's)
