The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Dillon, Diane , Dillon, Leo

Love and the Rocking Chair

40 pp. | Scholastic/Blue Sky | October, 2019 | Trade ISBN 978-1-338-33265-0 $18.99

(2) K-3 In this final collaboration (much of the book had been finished before Leo Dillon's death in 2012), a rocking chair bought in anticipation of a baby's birth is well loved, well used, and then passed down to the next generation. Acrylic paintings inspired by Milton Avery use flat pastel shades, pared-down shapes, and minimal facial expressions. A quiet story with underpinnings of love, loss, and the strength of family bonds.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2019