Review of the Day: Off-Limits by Helen Yoon

Off-Limits
By Helen Yoon
Candlewick Press
$16.99
ISBN: 9781536207316
On shelves October 12th

Misbehavior is the backbone of children’s literature. Think of the great works of picture book literature. The apex of it all, Where the Wild Things Are is entirely ABOUT misbehaving. The Very Hungry Caterpillar climaxes with the caterpillar eating foods that are not good for him. Goodnight Moon is completely lacking in misbehavior (not even the kittens go for the seemingly suicidal mouse) so there’s not...