King Kong's Cousin
by Mark Teague
Illustrations by the author
Beach Lane Books
Simon & Schuster
2022
40 pages
ISBN: 9781665912303
Kong is the most gigantic gorilla in the world: when he takes a bath, it's in the NY harbor. He wrestles dinosaurs. He's as big as a huge apartment building. Junior looks up (literally) to his cousin Kong. Junior does exercises and eats his bamboo, but he doesn't get any bigger.
Junior's mother tells him not to worry; someday he'll be big and strong too, Junior sees his cousin Kong become famous: he's on broadway, in movies and even the marshal of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
One day Bernice the cat cries out from the top of a tree. Junior must save his friend! He goes into action and pulls Bernice to safety. Back on the ground, Junior realizes he rescued Bernice and he feels a little bit bigger.
Classic Teague humor and fantastic illustrations of each character capture the heart of this picture book. It would be hard to compare Mark Teague to any other author/illustrator. Teague is simply the BEST.
Highly, highly recommended for all young readers. A heartfelt book!
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