A beautifully illustrated and delightfully entertaining story.
Mrs. Brown is well known in Happyville for the award-winning apple pies that she makes. In addition to benefiting her dessert-loving family, this reputation has caught the attention of a curious scientist, Newton the Newt. Newton has developed a remarkable powder that can cause delicious pies to grow larger and taste better, and he visits the Brown family to test out his concoction. Due to a sneeze by PutPut, the youngest Brown child, Newton’s experiment on Mrs. Brown’s pie goes more than slightly awry. It may take the entire community of Happyville residents to correct the effects of Newton’s special ingredient.
Anar Mammadov has produced an early reader book that is sure to bring a smile to any child’s face. Between a talking salamander and a burgeoning fruit pie, there is a lot to fuel your imagination and keep your attention. The story itself is lively and charming, and the Mayor’s words on the final page will make you laugh out loud. The ample full-page, full-color illustrations use interesting angles to create impressively captivating images that really showcase the rapid growth of the apple pie, along with everyone’s amusing reactions to it. Newton the Newt isn’t just for pie eaters or amphibian lovers. It’s a beautifully illustrated and delightfully entertaining story that all toddlers and young readers are bound to enjoy, perhaps even more than they’d enjoy a giant apple pie!
