Saturday, October 31, 2020

Everywhere, Wonder by Matthew Swanson - ADVISABLE

Everywhere, Wonder by Matthew Swanson, PICTURE BOOK. Imprint (Macmillan), 2017. $18. 9781250087959

BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K, EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

A boy is counseled to stop and notice things wherever he goes, and then he is taken on a journey around the world -- and even up to the moon.

The colorful illustrations are gorgeous, and it's nice to see a Brown boy in an everyday picture book. The idea of advising kids to look around them and notice details is great, too, although the actual plot is a bit of a mess and pretty hard to follow. A stronger through-line for the plot definitely would have bumped this one up to Essential.

Sydney G., Elementary Library Media Specialist

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