Beloved Canadian Icon Robert Munsch has written another supercute, catchy book and despite the recent revelation of his drug addictions and the stroke he suffered over one year ago it is very entertaining. I picked this one up for my kids at Chapters Indigo about one month ago and we’ve been loving it every night since. Part of Munsch’s charm is the extreme surreal humour and the repetition he uses to make children join in on the narrative. Put Me In A Book is about a girl and an author. The girl, Hailey, is out with her school visiting the park one day, when they
run into a well known author who “puts her in a book” literally. The story is classic Munsch and the classmate’s attempts to help get Hailey out of the book are comical. The students try to photocopy her out, scratch her out and pull her out of the book. This metafictive tale is meant for children four and up through to about 10. Michael Martchenko lends his animated drawings to this story and the characters as usual are memorable and attractive. Some of the funniest books around have come from this pairing of author and illustrator. Munsch lives in Guelph and has written dozens of books, while Martchenko has illustrated more than 50.

Put Me In A Book, by Robert Munsch..illustrated by Michael Martchenko
Scholastic Canada Ltd. 2010 $7.99, 31 pages
rating $$$$ out of $$$$$
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