Too Much Glue

by Jason Lefebvre, Zac Retz

Overview

Winner:2016 Montana Treasure State AwardNominee:NY State Charlotte Award list, 2015-16Alabama Camellia Award list 2014-15, Grade 2-3 DivisionAlthough Matty's art teacher has warned him that too much glue never dries, Matty loves glue. After all, he and his dad make oodles of glue projects at home. One day during art class, Matty finds the fullest bottles of glue, and the fun begins. With a squeeze and a plop, Matty pours a lake of glue before belly-flopping right in the middle and finds himself stuck to the desk. When Matty's dad arrives at the school, instead of being mad, he celebrates his son's creativity and calls him a work of art. With vibrant language and artwork and a wild, silly plot, Too Much Glue is sure to appeal to all children who love to get messy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781936261420
Publisher:	Flashlight Press
Publication date:	01/01/2015
Series:	Too Much Glue
Sold by:	INDEPENDENT PUB GROUP - EPUB - EBKS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	9 MB
Age Range:	5 - 7 Years

About the Author

Jason Lefebvre is a children's librarian at the Holyoke Public Library and a preschool paraprofessional. He lives in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Zac Retz studied illustration at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), where he was an editorial illustrator for the RIT Reporters, and the winner of the 2012 RIT Reporter Art Challenge. He has worked as an illustrator, concept artist, character designer, clay modeler, and t-shirt designer. He lives in Manlius, New York.

Editorial Reviews

"…a rowdy tale about the disruptive forms that creativity can take...” —Publishers Weekly

"In this absurdist tale that's won hearts and awards, we see Matty push the limits in art class, leading to much hand-wringing, astonishment, consternation, and ultimately - a wacky celebration of creativity!" — KidTime StoryTime, Digital creator


"The stage is set for the fun to come on the jacket/cover, where an excited Matty messes with strings of white glue. Photoshop is used to depict the rounded, slightly exaggerated characters, the believable classroom, and the wild attempts to release Matty. The end pages have their own message." —Ken and Sylvia Marantz, Children's Literature


"This is an exuberant celebration of diving into art, body and soul. While teachers probably won't appreciate the glue-fest, children will enjoy the over-the-top humor and the big, vibrant, hilarious illustrations by Zac Retz that are big enough for group sharing." —Teresa Bateman, pscreviews.org

From the Publisher

Can there be too much glue? Matty's about to find out. Matty's art teacher warns him that too much glue will never dry, but Matty (and his dad) loves glue; they play with it constantly. So Matty finds the "fullest" bottle in the art room and squirts it all over his project. Then he flops down in the middle of the mess…and gets stuck. He's "a blucky stucky mess!" His friends try to lasso him with yarn and haul him out, but the yarn breaks and gets stuck; now, he's "a clingy stringy, blucky stucky mess." A Lego tow truck snaps apart in another rescue attempt, making him a "click-brick, clingy stringy, blucky stucky mess!" When the bell rings, the glue's dry, and dad must peel gluey Matty off the table. At home, he's divested of his glue suit, and Dad puts a magnet on it and sticks it to the fridge. After dinner, the family explores the fun of duct tape. Despite the busy plot and superabundance of exclamation marks, Lefebvre's debut never rises to the level of mayhem or fun it aspires to. The cumulative portion of the tale loses rhyme, rhythm and logic six pages before it ends. Retz's Photoshop paintings are bright, wide-eyed and goofy, but they can't add enough fun to compensate for the lackluster text. Great gobs of glue should be more fun than this. (Picture book. 4-7)

Kirkus Reviews