Piatti for Children by Theo van Hoijtema, Ursula Piatti, Aurel von Juchen, and Celestino Piatti - OPTIONAL

Piatti for Children by Theo van Hoijtema, Ursula Piatti, Aurel von Juchen, and others, illustrated by Celestino Piatti. PICTURE BOOK. North/South Books, Inc., 2022. $35. 9780735844759 

BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K, EL (K-3) – OPTIONAL 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE 

Seven stories for children, all illustrated by Swiss designer Celestino Piatti, comprise this large (216 total pages) picture book. Ranging from an "Animal ABC" to a Christmas story about the Christ child's birth and written by multiple authors, the stories exhibit a variety of topics and writing styles. 

The students who read and reviewed this book all gave it 5 full stars for the illustrations throughout the book. However, the stories in the book only received half-hearted, mixed reviews. Students described the stories as "weird," "confusing," and "too hard to follow." That being said, most of the students also said that they would check this book out of the library to look at the pictures, or that they would like this to read in the classroom. 

Mrs. V and her third-grade students.