The Little Books of the Little Brontës by Sara O’Leary - OPTIONAL

The Little Books of the Little Brontës by Sara O’Leary, 40 pages. PICTURE BOOK, NONFICTION. Tundra Books (Penguin Random House), 2023. $19. 9780735263697

Content: G

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - OPTIONAL

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

The four Brontë siblings were always telling each other stories, and the first books they wrote were handmade for Branwell’s toy soldiers. But they didn’t stop there!

O’Leary gives a short history on the Brontës and the trials they faced and overcame together as they story told together. After the short anecdote—illustrated with adorable pictures of them as children—O’Leary includes a simple book making activity. I appreciate that this book encourages children to play outside and use their imaginations, but the story itself felt purposeless.

The characters are depicted as White.

Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen