Trust Me, Mom! - Hardcover

PreSchool-Grade 2–Today is the day that Ollie will finally be allowed to go to the store all by himself. He can barely contain his excitement, and Collins's exuberant illustrations show him leaping down the stairs. His mother's instructions are also very comically rendered, as she dons fake glasses and a mustache when warning him not to talk to anyone. He is quite confident and reassures her with the title phrase, Trust me, Mom. But he doesn't venture far before he encounters a monster, something his mother didn't caution him about. After scaring the creature away with a loud roar, Oliver resourcefully deals with a ghost, a witch, a bear, and two aliens before successfully completing his errand. The text has appealing turns of phrase, as when the ghost fades away like a sad puff of breath after Oliver tells it that he doesn't believe in it. The lively artwork, done in watercolors and acrylics, extends the humorous text. Full of child appeal, this book will fly off the shelves. Pair it with John Burningham's The Shopping Basket (HarperCollins, 1980), another tale of a shopping trip interrupted by a series of unlikely characters, for a great read-aloud.–Robin L. Gibson, formerly at Perry County District Library, New Lexington, OH
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