Max's Castle is the third book book about Max that Kate Banks has done, all are illustrated by Boris Kulikov. Once again, the word play is creative, and witty, written in a fashion to appeal to both the young reader and the adult who may be reading to a child.
Max's imagination takes over as soon as he has his brothers' interest and they build a castle with blocks. Some of the word plays: drawer turns into reward; sword becomes words and adder becomes ladder (borrowing an L from bugle) so the boys can escape from the snake in the basement. The bright pictures pull you in and the word play keeps your interest. I think i like Max's words the best of the three books, but this is a great addition to the collection.
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