Ah-Choo! – Read NZ Te Pou Muramura

Max lived next door to a big, empty house.

Reviewed by Angela Thompson, Library Lead Teacher, Remarkables Primary School

Max wants is a friend who is just like him. So he’s excited a family move in next door. But when Jun sneezes, he says ‘HAKUSHON!’ – a very different sound to the ‘AH CHOO!’ that Max makes. So, Max picks up a feather and makes his way through the playground, looking for a friend who sounds just like him when they sneeze. In the end Max decides that sneezes must be like people – different, but the same.

This book has a lovely concept; that we are the same but different, and I wanted to like this book. However, the illustrations are really not to my taste and the text is written in a very dark font. The presentation of the book did not entice me to read it.