[.ca] Max And Rubys Midas (ISBN 0142500666)

"Enchanting Rewrite of a Classic Tale":
"Hello, Beautiful!" whispers three-year-old Max to his strawberry cupcake. Seven-year old sister Ruby steps in to foil his nighttime snack raid. In Greek mythology, King Midas had a golden touch. In Ruby's bedtime story, little prince Midas has a sweet touch - or tooth. His expressive "laser-beam" eyes transform yucky veggies into delicious desserts. But he zaps his unsuspecting family into sweets as well. The text is more detailed than a typical Max and Ruby board book written for toddlers. The advanced vocabulary includes words such as pomegranate, persuading, escalarium (a word created for this book, I believe), banister, and drainpipes. When Max zaps his mother, I had to explain to my daughter, who is slightly younger than the recommended reader level of 4 - 8 years, that mom had been changed into the cherry float. Otherwise my daughter followed the story line down to the unexpected ending. If you enjoy Wells' magical Greek myth, then try Max and Ruby's First Greek Myth: Pandora's Box.