LaRochelle, David. Go and Get with Rex. Mike Wohnoutka, Illus. Candlewick, 5/2024.
[38]pp. Picture Book. Trade $17.99. 978-1-5362-2206-7. GRADES Preschool–1. OUTSTANDING.
An omniscient narrator sends three kids and a dog rushing off four separate times to find things that begin with a specific letter. Each time, the kids find something great for that letter, but dog (thinking differently) comes back with one or more ducks for three of the four letters. There is always a reason that the duck(s) fits the letter: the duck is a friend (for the letter F), the ducks are sisters (for the letter S), the ducks are musicians (for the letter M), but for the letter D . . . it’s not a duck, or is it? Although not a traditional alphabet book, readers will learn words that begin with these four letters, and also how some words can be a concept instead of a direct physical noun name. A winner that readers will enjoy interacting with.
Joshua Rees—Daly City Public Library