Book Review: 'Bonaparte Falls Apart' by Margery Cuyler

✰✰✰✰✰ Bonaparte is a little skeleton boy with a BIG problem. He is falling to pieces. Every time he does anything, his bones fall off or roll away. He can't play catch or ride his bike without losing a piece of himself. How will he ever go to school?

His friends try glue, webbing, and mummy wrappings, but nothing works. What's a skeleton to do? Things look hopeless until Bonaparte makes a new friend with a clever idea. Will they figure out how to hold Bonaparte together in time for the first day of school? Visit your local library and check this book out to find out!

The Bottom Line: Adorable illustrations with a muted palette feature kid-friendly monsters and a few hidden gems. Highly recommended read-aloud choice for kids anxious about the first day of school.

Details: Bonaparte Falls Apart written by Margery Cuyler & illustrated by Will Terry. Hardcover picture book published by Crown Books in 2017. 40 p. ISBN: 978-1-101-93768-6