Review - JoJo and the Twins

JoJo and the Twins (Fancy Nancy)
by Jane O'Connor
illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser
Date: 2018
Publisher: HarperCollins
Reading level: C
Book type: picture book
Pages: 32
Format: hardcover
Source: library

Fancy Nancy's little sister JoJo returns in her very own adventure!

JoJo is helping Mommy and Daddy with the new twins. But they look the same! How will JoJo tell the twins apart? JoJo's plan will keep you laughing.

(synopsis from Goodreads)

Nancy and JoJo's mom was apparently pregnant at some point, because the girls now have twin brothers, Robby and Teddy! In this book, the premise is that it's difficult to tell the brothers apart. One of them has a little red mark on his butt, but other than that, they're identical. JoJo takes it upon herself to try to help differentiate the boys, but her mom catches her before she can do any damage with her markers. Eventually, though, JoJo finds a much cuter way to tell her new siblings apart.

The story in this one is cute, but simple (as in all the books told from JoJo's point of view). I don't know if these twins are new or if they've been around for a while (do they appear in the Nancy Clancy chapter books, for example?) but I kind of wish they were in more of the picture books; it would be interesting to see how Nancy deals with two un-fancy little brothers!

Premise: 3/5
Meter: n/a
Writing: 3/5
Illustrations: 4/5
Originality: 3/5

Enjoyment: 4/5

Overall: 3.5 out of 5