Millionaire dog-poet Max Stravinsky returns in this follow-up to Max Makes a Million, having finally made his dream of visiting Paris a reality. Alternately narrated by Max and by Mimi (a French woman?), the tale follows our canine hero as he explores the city of love, seeing the sights and meeting many wonderful people and dogs. But there is a certain something he is missing - love itself. Will Max find romance...?

Like its predecessor, I found Ooh-la-la (Max in Love) quite entertaining, enjoying the oddball humor, poetic text, and detailed montage-style illustrations. The language Maira Kalman uses here is fun, and I can see storytellers making good use of the various voices and accents, when reading the story aloud. There's also quite a bit going on, visually speaking, so the young reader will have plenty to pore over. I particularly liked the scene in which the poems of the sidewalk poet that Max encounters are written on all of the objects depicted, making for an interesting side-project, while reading and perusing. Originally published in 1991, this second picture-book about Max and his adventures was just reprinted this year (2018) by the New York Review Children's Collection, and they have plans to reprint the two later titles in the series - Max in Hollywood, Baby and Swami on Rye: Max in India - later this year. Recommended to Maira Kalman fans, and to anyone who read and enjoyed the first story about Max and his quirky adventures. ( )

I love this book! The writing is wonderful and poetic and the pictures are fun and colorful. Both work together to create a wonderful book that can be enjoyed by young and old alike. I think this book would be great for teaching a class about poetry. As the whole book reads like one beat poem about a very lovable poet dog called Max.

We're on a Maira Kalman kick over here. Read this eons ago and are revisiting this and exploring some of her other works. I had bought this book as a Valentine's gift for J many moons ago, pre-kid and post-Paris trip #1 . . . it has since migrated bookshelves. ( )

The illustrations are magnificent, the text is humorous. Max (dog) visits Paris and falls in love, of course. ( )

This surreal story about a dog, art, Paris, and love will be enjoyable to those of all ages. I remember reading it as a toddler, and though I didn't understand much of it (Max Shostakovitch? No--Stravinsky) the storyline is amusing and simple. The references are well placed and hilarious.

Maira Kalman has a way of saying bizzare things in a dry manner that makes them funny. The seriousness with which her characters take themselves is incredibly amusing and over the top without being slapstick.

And throughout it all is a wonderful view of Paris, conveyed through both illustrations and text. The melodrama and the art and the romance infuse themselves into this wonderfully drawn and written picture book that is not just for children.