Bob Goes Pop

Bob, a bird and the best artist in town, becomes jealous when Roy, a sculptor, starts to get a lot of attention. He tries to one-up Roy before finally stealing his idea. The two birds scuffle and pop the balloon sculpture, leading them to decide to work together to make a new one and become friends. This was a cute story, and all the silly nonsense names for the sculptures (things like HAMMYbammyCHEESYbunny and SHUTTLEbuttleKNICKKNOCKscuttle) had my 4-year-old in absolute fits of giggles. His review, "I love this one!"

This humorous book is a follow-up to "Bob the Artist" and "Bob's Blue Period" by award-winning Marion Deuchars. It helps kids process and understand their feelings. The continuing art theme is perfect for creative kids.

A new artist named Roy arrives in town. He turns out to be a fierce rival to the already established homie named, Bob. They compete to see who is the best with their artistic skills. Who will win? Is there room for both to succeed or will their stubbornness to be number one prevail? Can they both have a change of heart and finally work together rather than against each other?

This book contains an important life lesson. It teaches that friendship is a very important social skill to obtain. It encourages self-expression and highlights the fun of pop-art. The book expresses the value of teamwork and working together. The artwork is portrayed in brilliant, eye-popping colours but I am not a fan of the font used. It made the story confusing and was hard to read. Other than that it was an overall fun read that I am sure kids will enjoy it.

This book was so fun! I adored the bright colors and exciting pictures. I loved the talk bubbles by the other characters...my kids love the added commentary in books like this.

The story had a cute lesson of working together instead of being competitive. I liked that in the end they both used their skills to make something great. Overall, it was a great book that I think kids will love and parents won’t mind reading hundreds of times.