by Trevor Noah, illustrated by Sabina Hahn, 2024
I LOVE Trevor Noah, author of Born a Crime! (Everyone in the U.S.A. should read Born a Crime.) This is his latest book. It’s a children’s book for adults, an adult’s book for children. It’s about a little boy and his teddy bear, Walter, who wake up on a Saturday morning and rebel against the rules (make your bed, brush your teeth, wash your face) and run out the door and go through the gate into the uncut grass. Where they go, what they see, who they talk to, the decisions they make, each page illustrated by Sabina Hahn. I read it very quickly – in less than an hour. It’s about a hundred pages long (there are no page numbers), but some of the pages are illustrations only. Walter, the teddy bear, wants to follow the rules, and then eat the waffles that the little boy’s mom is making in the kitchen (while she sings). The little boy wants to run away – even though he’s hungry, too. It’s a sweet, sweet book.