From School Library Journal

PreSchool-K-- As he did in Willy the Wimp and Gorilla (bothKnopf, 1985), Browne will again captivate preschoolers with hischarming chimp, simple sentences, and colorful, action-filledillustrations. In I Like Books, a young chimp shows readers fat andthin books, funny and scary books, alphabet and counting books, andothers. Each uncluttered illustration is surrounded by a thin-lineframe with a small detail from the picture at each corner. Things ILike includes activities most children will have experienced orhope to: dressing up, kicking a ball, wading in the sea (wearingwaterwings, of course). The very youngest will relate to Things ILike, while a slightly more sophisticated level of understanding isneeded to fully comprehend the relationship between the adjectivedescribing the books and the illustrations, although . . . Booksdoes provide an elementary introduction to categories and kinds ofbooks. --Virginia Opocensky, formerly at Lincoln City Libraries,NE

Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This textrefers to the Hardcover edition.

From the Inside Flap

"Browne brings a fresh perspective and his own witty visualimagination even to such simple-seeming books as these smallcatalogs of enthusiasms. Mass-market appeal combined with excellentquality."--Kirkus --This text refers to an alternate Paperbackedition.