Night Windows by Aart-Jan Venema. PICTURE BOOK. Cicada Books, 2019. $17. 9781908714565
BUYING ADVISORY: EL - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
A boy moves with his parents to a big city and he feels very lonely. When he goes outside and looks back at his apartment building’s windows, he notices that it’s almost like watching tv. When is joined by someone else from the building, they concoct a plan to help introduce the dwellers to each other and bring more harmony.
At first I though this was just going to be a kind of I-Spy book, but the tale of bringing the different apartments together adds a very sweet touch. The rhyming flows well enough that I eventually forgot that I was reading rhymes. There is one cross-dressing character in the artwork.
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
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