Linty: a pocketful of adventure by Mike Shiell - ESSENTIAL

Linty: a pocketful of adventure by Mike Shiell. PICTURE BOOK. Kids Can, 2022. $13. 9781525304941 

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

AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH 

Linty leads a solo, but, for him, exciting life inside a very blue world. Then one day everything changes! New friends join the space and Linty learns that his lives in a “pocket”. After some initial reluctance, Linty has a great time with his new friends – all the way until wash day, when new challenges arrive. 

Who knew that we needed an anthropomorphized ball of lint?! Thank goodness Mike Shiell did. Because Linty is freaking adorable! A story time hit, for sure! 

Cindy, Library Teacher, MLS