FICTION

The Flying Beaver Brothers and The Hot-Air Baboons

by Maxwell EATON III
illus. by Maxwell Eaton III. 96p. (The Flying Beaver Brothers: Bk 5). ebook available. Knopf. Aug. 2014. lib. ed. $12.99. ISBN 9780385754675; pap. $6.99. ISBN 9780385754668. LC 2013028711.
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Gr 1–3—Ace and Bub are enjoying their snowy spring break on the slopes when a band of sneaky baboons set up a gigantic hair dryer to melt the snow into water for swimming pools. The brothers don't trust the baboons' intentions and investigate to uncover their double dealing plans. Another wacky and charming addition to the series.
Beaver bros Ace and Bub return for a fifth heroic mission. Three entrepreneurial baboons are using "the Easy Breeze" (a giant hair-dryer contraption) to melt Beaver Island's snow for swimming pools--or maybe something more nefarious. The speech-balloon text is deadpan, and the dynamic comic-panel illustrations--pen-and-ink with monochromatic digital coloring--feature plenty of action paired with rollicking onomatopoeia.
Reviewed by Staff , Aug 01, 2014

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