Book Review // MS. GOSHSQUASH by Lola Coleman & Alexandra Ruso

Title: Ms. Goshsquash

Author: Lola Coleman

Illustrator: Alexandra Ruso

Publisher: DartFrog Books

Audience: Children

Genre: Picture Book Fiction

Pages: 30

Published: September 27, 2021

My Rating: 3 stars ✰✰✰

I received an ebook copy of MS. GOSHSQUASH for review through NetGalley. Ms. Goshsquash tells the tale of an old woman who knows how to make children behave. She shows three naughty children how their actions have affected others by transporting them into a mirror. Finally, the children change their behavior once they see their nastiness reflected back at them and realize they don’t like how it looks or feels. My favorite thing about this book was the beautiful watercolor illustrations, they were very well done. However, at times I personally thought that the rhyme scheme felt a bit stilted, and the message, while not bad, was conveyed in a very heavy-handed way. I also wished that the yak would have come back around in the end for a bit of closure; it seemed like there wasn’t any narrative reason for it to be there.

This review was originally published on Goodreads.com.