Loes Riphagen

A day in the life of a gnome.

The narrator, Kick, is a young gnome who leads the reader through his day and explains gnome culture. It's a wonderfully imaginative story that will please children, and will be well received by those reading it to them.

Received via NetGalley.

The Gnome Book is an imaginative and fun children's book that will be sure to encourage imaginative play, whether that is making a gnome hat or searching for signs of gnomes around the house. This book seems very fun for a child with some gross and weird elements that kids usually find hilarious.
The book follows a gnome teaching us about gnome-y things like how many toes they have, what their hats mean to them, and how they keep their pets.
The illustrations really suit the silly energy and show more offer plenty of little things to look at and notice.
Overall, it was a silly, goofy time and offers plenty of specifics with which a kid could go off and play pretend with.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review. show less

In this wordless picture book, the humans leave the house and the animals go wild. Before the humans have been gone for ten minutes, the dog is putting on the human’s tennis shoes and the rabbit is combing her hair with the human’s brush. Other animals are popping out from books and photos on the wall and from where they’ve been hiding behind the curtains. It doesn’t take long for the house to be bedlam. When the humans are seen from the window to be returning, all the animals resume show more their normal positions and everything goes back to normal. Very fun. show less

Animals get into ALL KINDS of mischief. End pages introduce animals at beginning, and ask questions about each animal set at the end.