Down the Back of the Chair

Margaret Mahy Down the Back of the Chair; illus. by Polly Dunbar. 29pp/ Clarion Books 2006 ISBN 0-618-69395-5 $16.00 (Primary)


Award winning author Margaret Mahy brings the excitement and imagination again in her new book Down the Back of the Chair. This darling story is about a father who loses his keys so his children suggest looking under the chair cushion to find them. From there they meet all the crazy characters that you find down the back of the chair. Mahy takes the rather peculiar subject of the things you find underneath a chair cushion and spruces it up with eccentric characters and a great rhyming scheme through the book. Polly Dunbar enhances the story with amazing watercolor and cut paper illustrations to make the expressions of the characters pop and really helps bring the story to life.

Amanda Kungle, BGSU student