The Classroom Bookshelf
Tag: 2023 picture books
Review of the Day: To the Other Side by Erika Meza
With care and invention, Erika Meza tells a migrant story that is both literal and figurative, realistic and metaphorical, and does so with honesty and more than a bit of cleverness.
Review of the Day: Afterward, Everything Was Different by Rafael Yockteng, ill. Jairo Buitrago
Sometimes, it’s nice to sink into the past and get away from your troubles. Particularly when the characters’ troubles are so so so much worse than your own.
Review of the Day: The Tree and the River by Aaron Becker
A book unafraid to assume that your kids are smart enough to figure out what it all means.
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Review of the Day: My Strange Shrinking Parents by Zeno Sworder
My Strange Shrinking Parents is entirely its own creation, standing on its own two feet, with its own internal logic and rules. It is, in fact, one of the best takes on the experiences of children of immigrant parents I’ve ever seen in a picture book form. It stands, as I say, tall.
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