Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Piney the Lonesome Pine by Jane West Bakerink - NO

Piney the Lonesome Pine by Jane West Bakerink
. PICTURE BOOK. Running Press, 2022. $19. 9780762481804

BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K - NO

AUDIENCE APPEAL: LOW

Georgie’s grandfather owns a Christmas tree farm and she decides to grow her own special tree from a seed. When the year comes to harvest Piney, the tree lot guys haul Piney off forst. Even after they chase him down to the right lot, Piney again disappears. Maybe Georgie won’t ever see him again.

I managed to avoid the 2019 cartoon short that this book is created from, because this is pretty awful. The book uses the cheap budget computer animation and a weird paneled format to squish more on the page. I can’t go into the rest of the weirdness. Please just avoid this.

Cindy Mitchell, Library Teacher, MLS 

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