Just a Banana

<B>The banana—age-old comedy gold! For silly kids who love to laugh and stretch their imaginations in creative ways, it’s the newest offering from the bestselling author of <I>Beautiful Oops!</I> Includes 10 lift-the-flaps.</B><BR/><BR/> It’s just a banana…or is it? There’s nothing to see here—until you lift the flap to find that what at first looks like <I>just</I> a banana is actually a curious lizard, or a boat out at sea, or the horn of a unicorn, or…?<BR/><BR/> The narrator is on a mission to convince the reader that what they’re looking at really is just a banana…or is it? Every page of this book features what appears to be a plain old banana—until the reader lifts the flap to reveal a delightful illustration on every page that transforms the oblong yellow fruit into something new and unexpected. With a few well-placed squiggles, dots, and lines, Saltzberg cleverly reveals a banana turned into a silly smile, a clever mouse, a crescent moon in the night sky, and more! This book allows the reader’s imagination to run wild, encouraging kids to look at objects in a whole new way, while the text hilariously insists—it’s really (pinky promise!) <I>just</I> a banana!