The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Urban, Linda

Mabel and Sam at Home

56 pp. | Chronicle | June, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4521-3996-8 $17.99

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Hadley Hooper. Two brown-skinned siblings explore their new house through the lens of imagination. Divided into three chapters, the witty and charming narrative is a good deal longer than the average picture book, ideal for a family read-aloud. The illustrations, rendered with traditional printmaking techniques and finished in Photoshop, use primary colors, bold patterns, and pleasing textures to bridge the real and the imaginary.

Reviewer: Amy Seto Forrester