little bits

Going into town: A love letter to New York by Roz Chast.  I didn't enjoy this.  The illustrations were less refined than Can't we talk about something more pleasant?; instead of looking zany (which I think is the intention) they just look messy.  The content isn't particularly organized, which is expained in the text but still comes off as jumbled.

The right word: Roget and his thesaurus by Jen Bryant; illutrated by Melissa Sweet.  I read this to check off my Caldecott box.  It was interesting but odd.  For a book about the maker of the thesaurus, it had a lot of lists but seemed disorganized: stuff was jumbled all over the pages.  The colors were bright and engaging, but the overall organization made me uncomfortable.