two books my kids and I liked
Jan. 30th, 2018 03:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
psocopteraI don't review everything my kids read, but here's two worth mentioning:
Accident! by Andrea Tsurumi is a picture book about a little armadillo who spills some juice and decides she'd better hide in the library until she's a grownup. On the way to the library she encounters many other animals experiencing DISASTER, MAJOR MESS, WRECK, FIASCO, MAYHEM, CALAMITY, and CATASTROPHE, until a voice of wisdom points out they're all just accidents, and then there's a really beautiful page of things you can do next: offer sympathy, offer help, ask for help, apologize, check in. I got this from the library for Q but I might need to buy it formyself home.
Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani is a YA graphic novel about an Indian-American girl who becomes curious about her mother's homeland and past, while also dealing with some resentful feelings about changes to her family. I'm calling it YA rather than middle grade because the character is a teenager and deals with some mildly heavy topics (like her father having abandoned her mother) but Junie read it and enjoyed it and I would feel comfortable recommending it to other kids Junie's age who like similar things (maybe after a parental check of the abandonment content).
Accident! by Andrea Tsurumi is a picture book about a little armadillo who spills some juice and decides she'd better hide in the library until she's a grownup. On the way to the library she encounters many other animals experiencing DISASTER, MAJOR MESS, WRECK, FIASCO, MAYHEM, CALAMITY, and CATASTROPHE, until a voice of wisdom points out they're all just accidents, and then there's a really beautiful page of things you can do next: offer sympathy, offer help, ask for help, apologize, check in. I got this from the library for Q but I might need to buy it for
Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani is a YA graphic novel about an Indian-American girl who becomes curious about her mother's homeland and past, while also dealing with some resentful feelings about changes to her family. I'm calling it YA rather than middle grade because the character is a teenager and deals with some mildly heavy topics (like her father having abandoned her mother) but Junie read it and enjoyed it and I would feel comfortable recommending it to other kids Junie's age who like similar things (maybe after a parental check of the abandonment content).
