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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2017 | Picture Books
K-Gr 3—The author and illustrator of The Enemy: A Book About Peace have teamed up again for this gently absurdist picture book translated from the Italian. George, a bespectacled white man in a plaid homburg, wakes one morning to discover that his shadow has come to life and is sitting at the breakfast table. "I was hungry," the shadow explains matter-of-factly. The book follows the classic plot of a grump reluctantly making a fri...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2018
A man named George wakes to find his shadow sitting in the kitchen. At first, George dislikes being followed around the cit...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
