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261 pp.
| Candlewick
| March, 2018
|
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-9563-7$16.99
(2)
4-6
Illustrated by
Alex T. Smith.
After bus driver Bert discovers a tiny boy angel in his pocket, Bert and his wife Betty, the cook at St. Mungo's School, care for the angel. At school the students love "Angelino"--but then he is kidnapped by young criminal K, and the race is on. The homey British setting and diction add to the appeal of this witty and wonderfully outlandish, but tender, tale.
Reviewer: Deirdre F. Baker
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2018
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Alex T. Smith.
Matthew's sure his mom has X-ray vision. How else could she know he was standing up in the tub or jumping on the bed? When his test of this theory apparently fails, Matthew surmises (incorrectly), "She's just an ordinary mom, like all the rest." Cheery patterned mixed-media illustrations display the hair-bobbed, pearl-wearing superheroine.