Pizazz by Sophy Henn
Pizazz is a novel for the adult but a normal one for the ages it is geared to. It is aimed at strong first grade readers but probably best suited for the second to third/low fourth grade reader. (Or ages strong 6 to young 10). There is a mixture of text and illustrations. Having a reader copy, I am not sure what the result of the illustrations will be as currently they are black and white. But due to the cover’s comic book looking colors, […]
A Little Space for Me by Jennifer Gray Olson
A Little Space for Me is a modern story of having our emotions and the space to deal with them. Jennifer Gray Olson’s take of dealing with the everyday stress of too many people, too much noise and other issues kids face today, is spiritual. Our young narrator has loud family and school and so much more to deal with they just want a little space. And they take it. You see in the illustrations that they literally take a bit of sky/space and put […]
The Perseverance by Raymond Antrobus
I am always applying for reader copies from various of places due to my job. Then, every so often a book arrives at work. I then say to myself, “Self. What did you order this time?” A while back I ordered The Perseverance by Raymond Antrobus. From what I can tell this might be a reissue, however, the copy I have says it is due late March/early April 2021. I picked this powerful poetry collection about life, family, and an individual’s struggles one day at […]
That’s Life by Ame Dyckman
I am going to do one more review and it is a positive one! Yeah! (I hated the idea of my last review being negative.) That’s Life by Ame Dyckman is a goofy look at how wonderful, silly, and even hard, life can be. I do not know what Life actual is (A dust bunny? A hedgehog? A porcupine? Ame Dyckman in a furry gray suit?) but Life sure does have a good time in this easy picture book. And while it is simple, even […]
Green on Green by Dianne White
I Believe I Can by Grace Byers
Everyone's Awake by Colin Meloy
An Ordinary Day by Elana K. Arnold
The Blue House by Phoebe Wahl
Books come in all shapes, sizes and subjects. But the one thing that picture books have in common is they have illustrations and (usually) text. And most times both are really good. And here are five books that fit both those categories. Green on Green by Dianne White (as our author) and Felicita Sala doing those illustrations I loved. I give this a five for some amazing illustrations. They are what makes this book out of sight! The text rhymes and is poetic. The rhyming […]
