The immediacy in the illustration gives a vibrant quality to this impressive, humorous and slightly post-modern tale." - Children's Bookseller Choice, The Bookseller "Boldly illustrated in a unique style. This book will make for a good one-on-one reading, giving children an opportunity to save the day." - School Library Journal Praise for This Book Belongs to Aye-Aye : "Witty and warm, Richard Byrne's This Book Belongs to Aye-Aye brilliantly champions the role of picture books in children's early life and education. (Sept.Praise for This Book Just Ate My Dog! : "It's quick, fizzy entertainment, good as a waiting-room read or an addition to the bedtime pile." - Publishers Weekly "A carnivorous book invites readers to participate." - Kirkus Reviews "Byrne's comical play on the book's gutter will entertain kids and adults. It's quick, fizzy entertainment, good as a waiting-room read or an addition to the bedtime pile. A note asks the reader to shake the book sideways, which restores order%E2%80%94almost. Bella's friend Ben disappears ("Ben decided to investigate"), followed by the dog rescue van, the police and fire brigade ("Things were getting ridiculous"), and, finally, by Bella herself. It's an effective visual trick, and it continues to draw grins as people and vehicles follow Bella's dog into two-dimensional oblivion. Bella wears a knit cap and a sensible dress as she takes her gigantic spotted dog for a "stroll across the page." As the dog approaches the center of the spread, where the two pages meet, "something very odd happened." Bella looks back to see that the dog's front half has disappeared into the book's gutter, followed quickly by the rest of it Bella is left yanking a leash that disappears between facing pages. Byrne's (The Really, Really, Really Big Dinosaur) comedy gets its mileage from a single joke, but his pacing is skillful and his humor sweet-tempered.
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