Wrecking Valentine's Day!

by Trey King, Sean Wang (Illustrations)

People are hard at work in LEGO(R) City until a scientist's experiment accidentally makes everyone crazy in love! The construction workers fall in love with their wrecking balls, dogs fall in love with cats, and a cop falls in love with a crook! Can the scientist fix everything before Valentine's Day is totally wrecked?

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

80 pages, Paperback

First published November 24, 2015

About the author

Pen name of Rex Ogle.

Reviews

[M-----l · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would like to say two things about this book:

1.) The scientist is not working on a love potion. She is "mixing different chemicals in her lab" when Mr. Kitty knocks a purple liquid off the shelf and into a pink liquid. This accidental combination creates the strange pink mist that causes everyone to fall in love.

2.) The problem is not solved by the predominately male construction crew. The scientist creates the cure in her lab with help from the foreman (whose input appears to be limited to pouring). These two then spray the antidote over the town from a helicoptor piloted by the foreman's cousin. The pilot's gender is not revealed.

[Marcia T Wilhelm · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this to my grandson's first grade class near Valentine's Day and they laughed and loved it!

[Sandra · Rating 1 out of 5]

Seriously? Female scientist is of course working on a love potion and of course has a cat running around her lab. So of course the whole problem is her fault and solved by the male (okay with a single token female) construction worker crew. I mean, you *could* pack in more gender stereotypes, but it might require a crowbar.

[Morgan · Rating 2 out of 5]

I ordered this as a Valentine's Day gift for my niblings. They are into Lego and Construction. It's short and simple. By no means a work of great literature. It's kind of cool because it's like a graphic novel for very early readers so I like that it will expose them to something a little different. I read it through once and probably won't read it again.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

K I actually really loved this book. I read it with PreK but it might be a little too old for them? It was funny though and they got some of the humour.

[Gail · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one is pretty cute. Scientist has a lab accident and all of Lego City is in Love. All ends well after some laughs.

[Heidi Burkhart · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute. Ages 3-5.

[KaitandMaddie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is pretty hilarious, particularly the worker who falls in love with the port-a-potty.

[Kimmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a fun and amusing book for kids. My 5-year-old son loved this book. Cute.