Book Reviews
Broken by X. Fang; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Tundra 48 pp. 10/25 9781774882009 $18.99 A young girl tells a story about a cup, a cat, and some cake. While visiting her grandma, bored Mei Mei decides to scare Mimi the cat but in doing so accidentally breaks Ama’s...
Nunu and the Sea by Isabella Kung; illus. by the author Primary Knopf 48 pp. 10/25 9780593812723 $18.99 Enraged by homework she doesn’t understand, Nunu runs into her room, slams the door, screams, and tears up the yellow origami house on her desk. In a story line reminiscent of Sendak’s...
Lena the Chicken (but Really a Dinosaur!) by Linda Bailey; illus. by K-Fai Steele Preschool, Primary Tundra 56 pp. 10/25 9781774880135 $18.99 Sure, Lena has buff feathers, a red comb and wattle, and the manic, beady eyes that Steele (illustrator of the Lone Wolf series, rev. 7/25, and others) is...
Cat Nap by Brian Lies; illus. by the author Primary Greenwillow 48 pp. 9/25 9780062671288 $19.99 An unusual game of cat-and-mouse takes place in this visually stunning and highly creative picture book. Kitten snoozes on the back of a couch until “something scritches, waking Kitten. A mouse? A MOUSE!” The...
If We Were Dogs by Sophie Blackall; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Little, Brown 40 pp. 9/25 9780316581721 $18.99 In Blackall’s earlier picture book If I Was a Horse (rev. 9/23), a child imagines life as a spirited steed; activities include giving little sister a ride to school. In...
Outside In and the Inside Out: A Story About Arnold Lobel by Emmy Kastner; illus. by the author Primary Viking 40 pp. 9/25 9780593692509 $18.99 This picture-book biography of Arnold Lobel (1933–1987), which somewhat mimics the look of Lobel’s Frog and Toad series, explores his life through the lens of...
Across the Ice: How We Saved the Ojibwe Horse by Darcy Whitecrow and Heather M. O’Connor; illus. by Natasha Donovan Primary Candlewick 32 pp. 9/25 9781536229455 $18.99 Whitecrow (Ojibwe/Dakota; Seine River First Nation Band), with coauthor O’Connor, tells of the rescue of the last four remaining Lac La Croix Indigenous...
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Review of Your Truck
Your Truck by Jon Klassen; illus. by the authorPreschool Candlewick 28 pp.1/26 9781536248227 $8.99Expanding on the concept of his Your Places books (Your Farm, Your Forest, and Your Island, all rev. 1/25), Klassen here explores a familiar thing in many a child’s life: trucks. The text begins by establishing ownership:...
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Review of Mama Car
Mama Car by Lucy Catchpole; illus. by Karen GeorgePreschool Little, Brown 40 pp.11/25 9780316578035 $18.99A young child narrates her day, describing all the ways that her mother’s wheelchair, “Mama Car,” is a part of her family’s life. On a small expedition through the house, when she spies a little toy...
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