No Stories!

I Do Not Like Stories by Andrew Larsen and Carey Sookocheff is a very clever story within a story.

The narrator does not like stories.  No stories at all.  They go about their day, wake up, get ready, go to school, come home talking about all the kinds of stories they do not like.  Meanwhile the sneaky cat is out on an adventure of its own.  The cat’s adventure becomes a wordless story within the picture book.

Andrew Larsen has created a story perfect for your early readers, something they could access with assistance and a story that is so relatable.  There are a lot of children out there who just do not like stories or seemingly do not like stories.  They are very particular about what they read so maybe only a cat story will do.

We LOVE Carey Sookocheff’s illustrations.  The incidental cats in all of her work are so charming and we love how she chooses to illustrate using minimal colour choices.  In this case mostly yellow and blue-grey with some browns and oranges thrown in.  Her illustrations allow the reader to focus on each part of the story, bringing it into sharper focus.  Her books are always so calming and soothing to the eye.