{"id":37970,"date":"2021-09-19T20:50:30","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T00:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=37970"},"modified":"2021-09-19T20:50:30","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T00:50:30","slug":"review-of-smashy-town-by-andrea-zimmerman-and-david-clemesha-illustrated-by-dan-yaccarino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=37970","title":{"rendered":"Review of Smashy Town, by Andrea Zimmerman and David Clemesha, illustrated by Dan Yaccarino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smashy_town_large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smashy_town_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-40162\" \/><\/a><em>Smashy Town<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Andrea Zimmerman and David Clemesha<br \/>\nillustrated by Dan Yaccarino<\/p>\n<p>Harper, 2020.  28 pages.<br \/>\nReview written July 11, 2020, from a library book<\/p>\n<p>The next time I do a Toddler Storytime \u2013 Alas, there\u2019s no telling when that will be \u2013 I\u2019m going to grab this book.  It\u2019s a book about demolishing buildings!  Of course!  Perfect for toddlers!<\/p>\n<p>And the authors and illustrator pull it off superbly.  It\u2019s a short picture book with a refrain.  For each of brick, wood, glass, and stone, we\u2019ve got a spread that goes like this:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>GO!<br \/>\nSwing the ball, hit the wall!<br \/>\nSmash, smash, smash!<br \/>\nSwing the ball, hit the wall!<br \/>\nCrash, crash, crash!<\/p>\n<p>Crumble, tumble,<br \/>\ndown goes brick.<br \/>\nIs the demolition done?<br \/>\nNO!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Parents will be a little relieved that there\u2019s even a spread about cleaning up the mess after everything is knocked down.  And the endpapers show that what gets built in place of the old buildings that Mr. Gilly demolished is a public library and a city park.<\/p>\n<p>This book is made to order for reading aloud to toddlers.  I look forward to the day when I\u2019ll get to try it out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.andreaanddavid.com\/\">andreaanddavid.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/danyaccarino.com\/\">danyaccarino.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/006291037X\/sonderbooksco-20\" target=\"outside\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find this review on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\">Sonderbooks<\/a> at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Picture_Books\/smashy_town.html\">www.sonderbooks.com\/Picture_Books\/smashy_town.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate, and will earn a small percentage if you order a book on Amazon after clicking through from my site.<\/p>\n<p>Source: This review is based on a book from Fairfax County Public Library.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer:  I am a professional librarian, but the views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"none\" data-via=\"Sonderbooks\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>What did you think of this book?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smashy Town by Andrea Zimmerman and David Clemesha illustrated by Dan Yaccarino Harper, 2020. 28 pages. Review written July 11, 2020, from a library book The next time I do a Toddler Storytime \u2013 Alas, there\u2019s no telling when that will be \u2013 I\u2019m going to grab this book. It\u2019s a book about demolishing buildings! 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