(2) YA Illustrated by Byron Eggenschwiler. Charlotte (Charlie) is more interested in classmate Emile than she is in music until her teacher puts on Maria Callas. This graphic novel focuses on middle-school dynamics within the rich context of Charlie's interior life and her burgeoning passion for opera. Small panels and varied colors for different story elements play well with drama supplied by full-page pictures. A revelation regarding Emile is bittersweet--like the story as a whole. Bib.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2019

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Byron Eggenschwiler. This slim volume collects two previously, separately published tales by consummate First Nations storyteller King, with new black-and-white illustrations. Both stories are set "a long time ago," before humans and animals stopped talking to each other, and feature Coyote less as devious trickster and more as hapless dupe. King's sense of humor is on full display, and he enlivens the tales with gleeful, effortless anachronisms.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2018