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Imogene returns, but she doesn't have antlers or a peacock's tail. This time she has an extended neck and various other peculiarities as the days pass by. Her mother, father, and uncle Alphonse all have ideas on what to do, but when she comes down the stairs one morning as a normal looking person, stranger events occur. A fun read and follow-up to the original story written 35 years earlier.
At LAST. This sequel has been a long time coming, as the original is one of my favorite childhood stories. Imogene wakes with different animal anomalies every day as her family loses their mind. This story is a wonderful lesson in celebrating differences, and seeking to learn rather than shunning what we don't understand.
It's wonderful to have Imogene back! I especially loved the ending twist ;-)Libraries and bookstores need to prepared for a run on both the original the follow up!
David Small is a darling. It's nice to see Imogene back.
Had to wait 35 years for the sequel. Worth it!
Imogene could have stayed away.
I didn't love this, which was disappointing to my childhood self.
Apparently, this is a sequel, meant to be able to stand on its own. I don't recall having ever read the original, so I'm sitting here wondering why this girl keeps waking up with different animal features. And why does it suddenly stop? The adults in her life either take it in stride or give unhelpful suggestions of what to do with Imogene. I finished the book feeling confused like I had missed a key element to the story-maybe that is the first book? This didn't even feel like a story, more like...
Read for my 365 Kids Book challenge. You can see all the books on their own shelf. Even as I am trying to catch up on my backlog of reviews in order to clear the TBR shelves for monsters, murder, and suchlike for the two months of All Hallow's Read and Halloween Bingo, I walked out of my libraries yesterday with more books than I could carry into the house in one trip.Small delights me from his autobiography through all the collaborations and his solo picture books. Imogene and her family, excep...
I know it's supposed to be a sequel, but it screams outdated and out-of-touch. I also find the family's "help" problematic. On the page Imogene appears as an elephant, it looks like the "help" in aprons have much darker skin than the clearly caucasian affluent family. I'm surprised this got green-lighted by the publisher in 2021. And what about the dig about sending her to "art school"? shesh.
Hmm... will kids who didn't grow up with the original Imogene's Antlers care about this book? Will it make sense to them? Will it get them to seek out the original (one of my personal favorites from my childhood)? These are all questions I don't know the answers to. It feels like half a book to me.
Imogene is a classic, and I loved the original story. I didn't feel the same way about this sequel released 35 years later. I think children today who aren't familiar with the original will be puzzled by the girl's family, the house, the help. Felt really dated to me.
Not as satisfying as the original.
I think kids will like this as much as the first.
Nostalgic images but not enough story to make it worthwhile.
A silly book about a girl who, to the horror of her family, takes on a different animal form each day.
A great sequel
I hate to give David Small two stars, but this book is weird. The illustrations of the cat and the dog are the best part.
Hah! I think I might like this one more than the original! Fun to read them back to back :)
I loved the original but this won’t stand on its own. Definitely needs to be paired.