![]() ![]() The lengthy text drags a little, and the story’s fairly predictable, but Kaplan has a wry voice, adding one-liner commentary to the tale (“Other people’s coats make you feel so much safer than your own”). Cousin Irv and Teddy become the best of friends (“Cousin Irv let Teddy eat pizza in the bath because he didn’t know you didn’t do that”), until Irv has to go home and Teddy must learn to live without his new friend-but not for long, since it looks like Teddy’s family will be moving to Mars. When Cousin Irv has to escort Teddy to school, however, Irv shows off his fancy electromagnetic ray and vaporizes everything in the classroom (including the teacher who tries to spoil the fun), causing all of the other students to clamor for Teddy and Irv’s attention. Teddy’s grownup Martian cousin may be an exotic green guy with antennae, but he’s also a passive-aggressive kvetch with a ton of annoying habits. Teddy didn’t even know he had a cousin from Mars, but now Irv has come to stay with the family. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (A) (07/13)īulletin for the Center. ![]() Teddy is not looking forward to a visit from Cousin Irv, who comes from Mars and likes to vaporize things. Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (2013) ![]()
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