Kids Can Press $18.95 hardcover 32pp 978-1-55453-566-8
The ever-amusing battle between creator and creation continues in Chester’s Masterpiece by author and illustrator Mélanie Watt. Tubby tortoiseshell cat Chester has staged a coup by hiding Watt’s art supplies; seizing a fat red marker, he proceeds to ink his own story, casting himself as the ultimate hero. But it’s a tale without principles or direction, and Watt tries to salvage the book by interposing suggestions and admonishments via a scavenged pencil and a pad of sticky notes. Chester parries each attempt at editing until his marker runs out . . . A romp for children and parents both. mRb
Andrea Belcham lives in Saint-Lazare, where many of her best neighbours are trees.
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