Tiny’s New Flowers adapted by Tina Gallo - NO

Tiny’s New Flowers adapted by Tina Gallo. EARLY READER (Ready). Simon Spotlight, 2019. $18. 9781534452954

BUYING ADVISORY: Pre- K - NO

AUDIENCE APPEAL: LOW

Tiny loves flowers, but when the flowers she has start drooping, she heads off on a journey to find more flowers.

Two big problems with this book.  The illustrations seem to be stills from the tv show.  They are dark and blocked oddly – things don’t fit in the frame in a way that makes sense. Also the story is just sad.  Instead of tending to the flowers Tiny already has, she just abandons them and finds new ones?  What kind of a message is that? No thank you.

Cindy, Library Teacher, MLS