The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Lehman, Barbara

Red Again

32 pp. | Houghton | November, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-0-544-81859-0 $16.99

(1) K-3 In this wordless, surreal sequel to The Red Book, a young bespectacled cyclist discovers a red book in the city. Within, there's an illustration of a child fisher finding a red book in the water. They see each other in their own book's pages. Watercolor, gouache, and ink illustrations are clear, warm, and inviting; varying panel sizes and perspectives pace the story, drawing attention to the narrative's subtle complexity.

Reviewer: Elisa Gall | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2017