Review of Marley’s Pride

Marley’s Pride
by Joëlle Retener; illus. by DeAnn Wiley
Primary    Barefoot    32 pp.
2/24    9798888590744    $17.99
Paper ed.  9798888590751    $9.99

Marley is somewhat apprehensive about attending crowded, noisy Pride in this reassuring, intersectional picture book. Full-bleed illustrations center a brown-skinned family and depict a diverse Pride celebration and. Back matter gives more information about Pride and its history.

From the ">January 2024 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.

Shoshana Flax
Shoshana Flax

Shoshana Flax, associate editor of The Horn Book Magazine, is a former bookseller and holds an MFA in Writing for Children from Simmons University. She has served on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award and Sydney Taylor Book Award committees.

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