Blame it on the Big Blue Panda! by Claire Freedman

This modern children's picture book is about a naughty panda who always misbehaves…and blames his actions on the Big Blue Panda. His mother is not an idiot and knows he's really just a brat. So she sends him a letter from "Big Blue Panda" saying how disappointed he is and how he wants to meet this kid who's ruining his good name.

Bam. Kid freaks out and starts behaving.

So mama panda sends him another letter, this time saying that Big Blue Panda has decided he doesn't have to meet this kid after all; he'll be going off adventuring for five years.

The end.

This storyline was way too simple for me to appreciate it as an adult. Even a child has to see everything coming. And my other problem with the book is that the illustrations are too busy. Your eyes may go to the characters, but they also flutter around to look at all the other, less important elements of the story. No wonder diagnoses of ADD are on the rise.

~4/10~