The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Child, Lauren

The New Small Person

32 pp. | Candlewick | February, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-7810-4 $17.99

(2) PS Young Elmore Green's worldview is upended by the arrival of a baby sibling. As the baby grows bigger--and bossier and peskier--so does Elmore's resentment. The "small person" finally proves worthwhile by bravely shooing away big bro's nightmare. Child (creator of Charlie and Lola) is no stranger to fraught sibling dynamics; her mixed-media collages sympathetically reflect the experiences of a no-longer-only child.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2015