Chill: Discover the Cool (and Creative) Side of Your Fridge.

Chill: Discover the Cool (and Creative) Side of Your Fridge

written by Allan Peterkin

illustrated by Mike Shiell

Kids Can Press, 2009

978-1-55453-429-6 (hc) $17.95

978-1-55453-301-5 (pb) $9.95

for Grades 3 and up

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Non-fiction--Refrigeration--Crafts

Chill: Discover the Cool (and Creative) Side of Your Fridge is a funny, colourful and extremely informative tell-all book for children. This hilarious text is packed full of interesting facts, comic-strips, quizzes, activities and ideas to not only entertain but educate the reader. Allan Peterkin's writing is fluid and humorous weaving factual information with witty commentary. The illustrations are bright and appealing--a perfect backdrop for everything and anything you would ever want to know about your fridge.

The text is divided into five sections. The first focuses on the history of refrigeration and the inevitable rise of a new art form--fridge art. The second section focuses on the science behind refrigeration and the psychological implications of fridge art. The third section provides the reader with a multitude of ideas on how to decorate your fridge, including a list of the 101 things you should hang on your fridge and a shorter list of the five things you should never hang on your fridge. The fourth section gives further tips and tricks to decorate your fridge to earn a possible profit, while the fifth and final section provides the reader with additional fridge-centric information. Overall, a great text full of interesting facts and great ideas.

Trevor J. Froates is a Toronto teacher-librarian.