Potterwookiee boasts a pretty fun hook - out of a boy's closet comes a Wookiee who dresses, talks, acts, and casts spells like Harry Potter - and if, like me, you have a son who loves both Harry Potter and Star Wars, it's a hook that makes this one required reading. That being said, the book is more rambling and less focused than you might hope; somehow, the book manages to include both its hairy Harry and threads like bully in need of a comeuppance or a national cooking show that's come to town with auditions. Combine that with the relatively minor role Hairy has in the book and you have a book that seems like it would have left us disappointed...and yet, both my son and I ended up really enjoyingPotterwookiee. It's due partially to the funny artwork and doodles that fill the book, partially due to the silly humor on every page, and partially just due to the book's general sense of fun and entertainment. While Potterwookiee isn't as much about the two franchises that share its title, it's still a funny, silly book that had my son giggling throughout and me enjoying the silliness right there with him. And if it all seems more like a collection of fun vignettes than a cohesive story, at least there's a sense of entertainment, fun, and absurdity to each of them - more than enough to make up for the unevenness of it all.
- Josh Mauthe
- Josh Mauthe
