pickWe read so many children‘s books in this household and never post about them…but THIS BOOK. I had to get this to fellow readers who may love it like I do 😭
I love everything about it..Beautiful illustrations, dad and son rep, the child‘s name is my son‘s name (Leo), the feelings attached to homes/dwellings. Favorite children‘s book of 2021. We‘ve read it then and again this year!
pickA fondness for sunflowers...as with Little Witch Hazel, I completely adore Phoebe Whal's illustration style and her ability to insert lush botanicals into the images. Sonya's Chickens manages a colourful and kind and honest take on the circle of life. The Blue House recognizes change is a part of life and healthy expressions of grieving what is lost or outside your control.
pick1st book finished for my library‘s community read 2022. This is a bittersweet story about loss and change, holding onto memories, and adapting to new situations. It‘s also about the pain of losing one‘s home to “progress”, the housing crisis being a central theme to this year‘s community reads program. I loved the story, but I didn‘t care for the illustrations.
pickBook that #BeginsWith #Blue Day 25: I found the narrative to be such a powerful yet very subtle portrayal of what it means to feel hopeless against a system that demands the dispossession of a place you consider home in the name of progress and profit. I called my review: “Surviving Gentrification in a 2020 picturebook for children” - more here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-ng5
pickPhoebe Wahl is from the PNW. My students recognized this beach (their home). We live at the other end of this coast from the author. Many of them could relate to this moment when a parent breaks bad news. I love how the book establishes the setting by creating a sense of place. Take the time to see how the illustrations are inter-related and consider how progress is frustrating yet inevitable. #readoutloud #WCCPBA
pickI wish I'd read this book years ago, but I'll read it again and again going forward. Super helpful as one of my kitties was sick and then passed away. The book distinguishes that in-between space of nothingness where you're not the d identity and you're not the new identity yet.
