The Sharing Book by Dianne White and Simone Shin - ADVISABLE

The Sharing Book written by Dianne White, illustrated by Simone Shin.  PICTURE BOOK.  Margaret Ferguson Books (Holiday House), 2023.  $19.  9780823443475

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

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

Join in the fun with three families and two best friends on a camping adventure as they learn all the best things about sharing.

It’s a cute book. I applaud the racial diversity in the illustrations, it will be great if your library could use a little more BIPOC rep on the shelves. The overall message about sharing is one that will work in a lot of lower elementary classrooms. I also noticed interesting usage of ellipses and embedded clauses in the text, so this could be an interesting mentor text for older students practicing those elements of grammar.

Reviewer: Kiera Beddes, #bookswithbeddes