Delve Into Go Track A Yak! Articulated By Tony Johnston Accessible As Paperbound

cover and title intrigued me, I wanted to know what the yak was going to do in the story, so I plucked the book from the shelf and read it.
It was a fairly amusing tale, The pictures were over the top and cartoonish, but I think children and adults would enjoy them, though they weren't my particular favorite.


Taken from my book reviews blog: sitelink blogspot. com/ I LOVE this book, But I think I'm the only one who ever bought it, . . But it's about a Yak! Weird in a good way, Lots of fun to read aloud, Boohoohoo!Baby hasn't a thing to eat, Mama and Papa don't know what to do,

POOF!

A witch appears, She knows what to do, but she's not telling, Not until Mama and Papa promise her her heart's desire! When the blubbering parents agree, the witch sends Papa on a quest for the only thing in the world that will save Baby yak juice.


Tony Johnston is at her rambunctious best as she goes trekking and tracking with Tim Raglin on this downright gleeful readaloud adventure to "GO TRACK A YAK!" Not quite my kind of book.
The illustrations were not my favorite, The text in the story isn't up my alley for reading aloud in storytime, And the story felt like it was a bit of a fairy tale retelling of some sort, but really, really weird.
I'll just put on display for Y, look i like weird books, but this was just not my kind of weird, . .
it's like a kid's book by an author who was on, . . some kind of mindaltering substance, . .
which again, isn't necessarily a bad thing, . . but not my jam, nor my child's, . . This is one of the cutest children's books ever! My kids absolutely LOVE this book, We check it out from the library over and over and over! It is great! Must be read with lots of enthusiasm! An old crone tricks a family who are trying to find a way to stop their baby from crying.
Yak hunting ensues.

Perfect for reading aloud, lots of dialogue and drama to ham it up with, Didn't care for the baby being referred to as a "brat" by the crone, SM An overthetop telling of a generic fairy tale, A couple's baby isn't eating, A witch makes a deal with them to help in exchange for a price to be named later, She tells them that the cure for their baby is yak juice,

The look and feel of the book is unique, The art is cartoony but detailed pen and ink with color wash, There's a strong graphic design element in the text, The book rhymes sometimes, but not all the time, The couple are not your typical protagonists, They look like oldfashioned Eastern European peasants, they're overweight I support better representation of all body types, just so we're clear, the dad has a long Cossacklike moustache.
They are whiny and fearful and kind of stupid, I honestly didn't know what to make of this book at first, but the kids seem to like it.
Go Track a Yak

is a book that takes place in Russia I believe, Is about a family needing food, When a old crone. comes and tells the family what they need to do to get food, So the adventure begins.
The art is very interesting and cool, The details are very precise and show great ideas of what the the family looks like and the animals that they find.
This would be a fun one for the kids to repeat the different sounds that were being presented in the book.
It is also a story of finding the Yak, so maybe a teacher could go into a lesson about maps and how it might have helped to find the yak.
What do maps look like what do we use them for Ok, I hate this book, There are many reasons why, First the casual misogyny: like the use of the word crone to describe an elderly woman who knows things.
Then, at various points in the story the father, depicted as clueless throughout, is weeping "Boohoohoo!" Because I guess a man crying is entertaining.
In response, the witch sneers some jarring insults, as mentioned by other reviewers: "Crybaby!" and "You're such a baby!" Seriously

Then there's the crazy story line in which the witch who basically helps the couple solve their problem, makes a last minute demand and gets "walloped" across the landscape by the yak and that' s the happy ending.
And then there's the vaguely ethnic looking people are they Mongolian who seem to be featured solely to allow the author to use the word "Yak" which yes, rhymes with "track".
The sound words and occasional rhymes are like the only redeeming feature of this book, Into the recycle bin with this one! Personally, I didn't care for this book at all, My son is almostyoa and I feel that the content and illustrations are too dark for his age.
The crone uses phrases such as, "Stop blubbering," "You're such a baby," and "Come on, crybaby, " Not exactly things I want my toddler picking up and repeating to me, another adult, or another child,

I assume that this is based on an Eastern European folklore, I like fairy tales and folklore including the originals but I'm an adult who can handle the often dark content.
I do NOT recommend this book to parents of small children, Librarian Note: There is than one author by this name in the Goodreads database, Tony Johnston has written many acclaimed books for young people, She and her husband lived in Mexico for fifteen years, where they raised their children, She now lives in San Marino, California, .