Review - Most Marshmallows

Most Marshmallows
by Rowboat Watkins
Date: 2019
Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC
Reading level: C
Book type: picture book
Pages: 40
Format: e-book
Source: library

Most marshmallows are born into marshmallow families, play with marshmallow friends, and go to marshmallow school where they learn to be squishy. Most marshmallows read a book before bed and then fall asleep to dream ordinary marshmallow dreams. Is this book about most marshmallows? It isn't. Because Rowboat Watkins knows that just like you, some marshmallows have big dreams, and just like you, these marshmallows can do anything they set their minds to. This sweet and silly book is an inspiring reminder that by being true to ourselves each of us can be truly extraordinary.

(synopsis from Goodreads)

Okay, I get it. We can do anything we can imagine. What does that have to do with marshmallows? Nothing, really... unless you're in Rowboat Watkins's head.

Most of the enjoyment I got out of this was from looking at the pictures. They're pretty fun. I just wish there'd been more of a story to go with them. Think of the possibilities! In this book, though, we're just told about marshmallows. They live in families, they learn how to be squishy in school, and they don't dream at night (interesting fact... but not much to build a book around). Marshmallows do, however, have imaginations, so they can have dreams of the waking kind where they blast off in rocket ships or face down dragons.

Aside from the illustrations, this book is a bit weak. Even so, it's worth a look. You might get a chuckle out of the marshmallows going about their daily lives.

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

Enjoyment: 2/5

Overall: 3 out of 5