A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee

3-6)Ī new baby sister has arrived to challenge bespoke-suited Boss Baby’s (first seen in Frazee's The Boss Baby, 2010) dominant position in the home. In a trademark Frazee final page turn, a satisfying conclusion rooted in reality shows that it's not all bliss in the baby boardroom. This snuggle gives way to a scene of domestic bliss with the siblings reading together on the next spread as 'the staff' gazes at them adoringly. After all, 'she wasn't CEO for nothing!' An excellent wordless spread shows her reaching up to a shocked Boss Baby, who scoops her up into his arms on the facing page. After the ousted boss acts out and then retreats to sulk, it's the Bossier Baby who literally reaches out to her big brother. Accompanying illustrations show the white baby girl soaking up her parents' adoration while enjoying 'the organic catering service' (nursing), 'aromatherapy' (diapering), and so on. 'The staff' (their parents) 'was strangely delighted' reads the droll text, and her many 'perks' compound his misery. Combined, words and pictures first convey that the Boss Baby's diaper is in a twist over his black-pantsuit-and-pearls-clad baby sister's arrival.

Frazee's text employs a tongue-in-cheek corporatese, which is matched by the Mad Men-esque modern aesthetic of the pencil-and-gouache illustrations. In my opinion, this would have to be a book you need to pre-read and make judgments on appropriateness based on each child individually.A new baby sister hands the Boss Baby a demotion.Although this title introduces a new eponymous infant CEO, it, like its predecessor (2010), remains focused on Boss Baby himself.

One of the illustration word bubbles that would be drawn to a particularly older audience is the use of to insinuate that they had heard inappropriate language, or a curse word. I found that the book would be inappropriate to most children of a younger age group but still would fall between a reading level of K-2, based on the text content. The illustrations in the book are fun to read because they have word bubbles for what the boys are saying, or possibly thinking. The book's message has a sarcastic tone to it and may be inappropriate for certain ages. Review:This book is great for young boys who enjoy being fun and silly. When it comes to the last night at grandma and grandpa's house the boys finally find themselves outside and enjoying nature. Most of their time is spent playing together inside and acting silly. The boys were so excited to go to nature camp but end up being far from adventurous in the outdoors. The boys stay at one of their grandparent's houses for the week because they live near by. Summary:This book is about two young boys that are going to a nature camp.

A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee