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Five questions for Jessica Love
In Jessica Love's picture book Julián Is a Mermaid (Candlewick, 4–7 years), the little-boy protagonist daydreams about becoming a mermaid. Left to his own devices, he fashions a mermaid costume from household items and applies a coat of lipstick…but what will Abuela think?1. This is the best type of "message...
Review of Julián Is a Mermaid
Julián Is a Mermaidby Jessica Love; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Candlewick 40 pp. g5/18 978-0-7636-9045-8 $16.99The story begins on the front endpapers with a group of older women in a pool and a boy swimming underwater. The next spread (on the copyright and title pages) shows the child, Julián,...
Review of A Most Unusual Day
A Most Unusual Dayby Sydra Mallery;
illus. by E. B. GoodalePrimary Greenwillow 32 pp. g4/18 978-0-06-236430-2 $17.99Morning arrives, and Caroline, who is “usually” up with the birds, can’t get herself out of bed. There is something coming later in the day, and the anticipation is obviously affecting her: “Caroline was...
Review of The Antlered Ship
The Antlered Shipby Dashka Slater; illus. by the Fan BrothersPrimary Beach Lane/Simon 48 pp.9/17 978-1-4814-5160-4 $17.99e-book ed. 978-1-4814-5161-1 $10.99A young fox’s inquisitiveness sets him apart from the other foxes. Marco’s questions and observations are playful and wide-ranging, from “Why don’t trees ever talk?” to “How deep does the sun go...
