Wonderful reminder that even messed-up stories are worth hearing. ( )

A moral within a moral. ( )

Just OK. Several reviewers mention kids are crazy about it, though, so maybe I am wrong. ( )

Louie becomes angry when the story in which he appears is ruined by messes from jelly, peanut butter, and other things that do not belong in books.

Award winning cartoonist and author Patrick Mcdonnell has crafted the perfect book for any frustrated writer! In this interactive story Little Louie is perfectly happy in his picturebook world...until a plop of jelly lands on the page and messes it up! Crayon marks, fingerprints and orange juice continue to mark up the pages in photographic images. Just when Louie is about to give up on his story he realizes he still has readers! That stories come in all packages! A fun tale to read aloud and great to use when teaching about book care.