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32 pp.
| Whitman
| May, 2018
|
TradeISBN 978-0-8075-1179-4$16.99
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Laure Fournier.
Few readers won't feel joyful as breezy rhymes describe a typical Sunday at a "church for all" that welcomes "weak and healthy / Neat and messy / Poor and wealthy / Plain and dressy," etc. An author's note explains that the book was inspired by churches that welcome LGBT and other marginalized people, who are represented in the stiff-looking illustrations.
32 pp.
| Little Bee
| August, 2016
|
TradeISBN 978-1-4998-0173-6$16.99
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Laure Fournier.
A father and daughter walk through a city in the early morning as the sun rises and daytime activities commence. Skillfully showing the changing light, Fournier's illustrations depict an uncluttered urban landscape. The spare rhyming text--with poetic tendencies such as onomatopoeia, simile, and metaphor--captures the gentle tug between taking in the sights and making it to school on time.
24 pp.
| Kane/Miller
| March, 2003
|
TradeISBN 1-929321-46-8$$10.95
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Anne-Laure Fournier le Ray.
Text and small cartoon-style pen-and-ink sketches enumerate the many possible characteristics of grandparents: "Some don't hear very well / but some hear all too well." Although the text is dry, there is humor in the illustrations and dialogue bubbles that will be appreciated by both ends of the target audience--children and their grandparents.