The Books

Katie’s Picture Show

by James Mayhew

One Potato Review

Jump into art! At least when security’s napping. Here the canvases range John Constable’s pastoral Hay Wain, to a jungle and tiger by Rousseau, then finally an abstract confection of triangles and squares in which Katie can’t manage a foothold (“It was like falling into a great big mouth… She didn’t want to be eaten by a piece of modern art.”) and goes helplessly tumbling until that security guard is finally roused into action. Complete with a snippy admonishment that Katie seems unlikely to ever obey. Cheerful, instructive, with the potential for infinite sequels.