The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

O'Leary, Sara

This Is Sadie

32 pp. | Tundra | May, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-1-77049-532-6 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-77049-533-3

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Julie Morstad. With a chatty, gently humorous narrative, this evocative portrait of a busy, imaginative girl follows Sadie throughout the day, showing her pastimes and her friends, both real and imaginary. Spacious, delicately colored illustrations in gouache, watercolor, and pencil crayon offer a look at Sadie's world, which is full of stories she finds in books and--perhaps most importantly--stories she invents herself.

Reviewer: Martha Sibert