Title: Poof Goes the Baby
Product review: What a cute concept, word play and visual play on the phrase "change the baby." This story presents a contest of avoidance and one-upmanship between an unusual pair of parents -- a wizard and a witch. When mom tells dad it is his turn to "change the baby," he does so, literally, changing the baby into a cat and telling his wife "its your turn to feed the cat." She responds in kind, and things escalate in a picture book version of "War of the Roses." The play on words is cute; the pictures are cute. In the New Yorker this would have worked beautifully, but the underlying message -- that the competitive spouses are willing to give up everything including their humanity and their home to avoid the responsibility involved in caring for their child and their pets -- makes for a disturbing picture book theme.
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