The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Brown, Margaret Wise

North, South, East, West

40 pp. | HarperCollins/Harper | January, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-026278-5 $17.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Greg Pizzoli. This never-before-published text by Brown follows a little red bird whose mother sings to her about taking flight. She sets out exploring the North, South, and West before she finally returns to the East, because "the East was home." Pizzoli's style is defined by a bright palette and crisp geometric forms that create a mid-century modern aesthetic, befitting a story written by Brown.

Reviewer: Megan Dowd Lambert | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2017