Things families do together ( )

A young boy narrates this humorous chronicle of his favorite day of the week: Saturday! Saturday is a stay-at-home day, and the boy enjoys the activities he and his parents and younger brother engage in on that day. From waking his parents up early to reading endless books, Saturday is full of fun...

An engaging and humorous story is paired with quirky upbeat illustrations in Ian Lendler and Serge Bloch's Saturday, which offers a celebration of one family's together time. Although not really my cup of tea, artistically speaking, I did find Bloch's illustrations amusing, and liked the occasional disconnect between image and word here. When the young narrator assures us that he and his father like a lot of books, and his father is depicted looking a bit dazed - no doubt weary of being asked to read so many volumes - it forms an amusing contradiction. Recommended to anyone looking for new pictures books featuring home and family life, as narrated by a young child. ( )