Synopses & Reviews
Michelle Sumovich and Sarah Jacoby deliver an outlandish and utterly hilarious tale about a tired mother who unknowingly slurps her daughter up during a spaghetti dinner. A hysterical picture book full of old-world chaos, reminiscent of Tomi Ungerer, William Steig, and Strega Nona.
Sweet Paulette loves her mother tirelessly...and her exhausted mother must really love her too.
Whoopsie! Whoopsie! Whoopsie!!
Never mind that trail of chaos and smashed tomatoes at the market, because Paulette is perfect and precious and EVERYTHING IS FINE! But when her darling daughter suddenly goes missing, Paulette's mother must comb through a village of beastly children and other flustered parents to find her own child in the most unexpected of places.
Review
"It's a fantastical idyll that slyly mines the theme of doting adults and obstreperous children." Publishers Weekly
About the Author
Michelle Sumovich is a Portland-based author who strives to craft stories that appeal to children's sense of wonder, humor, and observation. Her debut picture book, One More Jar of Jam, illustrated by Gracey Zhang, came out with Dial Books and will be followed by the upcoming I Have Three Cats, illustrated by Laura Park.
Sarah Jacoby's illustrations have won awards from the Society of Illustrators (Gold Medal), Creative Quarterly, American Illustration, and Communication Arts. She is the author and illustrator of Forever or a Day. She lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. You can learn more about Sarah at thesarahjacoby.com.