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K-3
Illustrated by
Esmé Shapiro.
Yak and Dove, very unlike each other, are nonetheless best friends. Three episodes, told entirely in dialogue, explore their friendship as they argue, reconcile, and plant an unusual garden. The art is beautiful but lacks dynamism, as both the palette and narrative content changes little from page to page; the stories themselves are engaging but quite long, and the dialogue-only format soon wears thin.