BOOM SNOT TWITTY: THIS WAY THAT WAY

Leave it to Tavia Gilbert to provide a narration that enriches this story of friendship, disagreement, and resolution. With three distinct voices for the three friends--a high-pitched bird; a gentle, growly voiced bear; and a low-pitched, slow-to-speak snail--Gilbert invites young listeners on a day's adventure. Boom prefers an outing to the beach with flippers and a tube; Twitty, the mountains with binoculars and boots. But what about Snot? And where does the trail of blueberries lead? Pregnant pauses, gentle music, and precisely placed sound effects--the blowing up of the tube and the click of a camera, for example--add to the drama and verisimilitude of the story. A.R. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine [Published: SEPTEMBER 2017]