Reviews
Elki Is Not My Dog
“Surely the next best thing to having a dog of your own is having a lovable stray as your playmate. . . . While Elki’s own story remains a mystery, detailed illustrations by Tonka Uzu give us a peek into the world of her human companions. There’s a pleasing Busytown-like quality to View →
Lionel Is Just Like Dad
Éric Veillé celebrates the father-son bond by presenting a stylized lion and his cub performing similar actions in “Lionel Is Just Like Dad,” a board book for babies and toddlers. “Dad combs his hair. So does Lionel,” we read in text translated from the French by… View →
Good Night, Good Beach
“Exudes the satisfactions of a salt-sprayed holiday.”—The Wall Street Journal View →
The Bear and the Wildcat
“[A] forward-looking book for children who have loved and lost.”—Wall Street Journal View →
A Perfect Wonderful Day with Friends
“[A] calm, happy, perfect, wonderful day that young readers and their parents will find almost as nice as the real thing.”—Wall Street Journal View →
Chelm for the Holidays
“Hannukah is just one of 10 Jewish occasions that get the comic treatment in ‘Chelm for the Holidays’ (Kar-Ben, 68 pages, $15.99), a collection of new and old tall tales by Valerie Estelle Frankel. Set in Chelm, the ‘village of fools’ of Eastern European… View →
“Motherly consolation meets folkloric Indian artwork in ’You’re Safe With Me,’ a picture book by Chitra Soundar with striking illustrations by Poonam Mistry.”—Wall Street Journal View →
“This is a terrific little book that will amuse all out of proportion to its size.”—The Wall Street Journal View →