Being You by Alexs Pate, illustrated by Soud. PICTURE BOOK. Capstone, 2018. $18. 9781684460212
BUYING ADVISORY: EL - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: LOW
I am so unsure about the new crop of books whose aim to just celebrate children. It’s not the celebrating part I mind – it’s that the books have little use past one reading. There is no story to latch on to. No path. I do love Soud’s textures – as art there are some very admirable techniques. The writing, however, is inconsistent --- sometimes sentences, sometimes trying to be poetic.
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
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