The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Hughes, Susan

What Happens Next

40 pp. | Owlkids | March, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-1-77147-165-7 $16.95

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Carey Sookocheff. The scientifically minded narrator (gender unspecified) is bullied until finally confiding in Mom. Mom's advice: help the bully "change her way of looking." A shared "wow" with the bully over astronomy changes their relationship, just enough. A creative, spare text ("What Bully B. Doesn't Call Me Anymore: Weirdo") with equally creative illustrations (the narrator is blue and the bully, green, until the bullying stops).

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano