PICTURE BOOKS
Saint-Lot, Katia Novet

Amadi's Snowman

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Dimitrea Tokunbo. When his mother tells him she's arranged for reading lessons, a Nigerian boy named Amadi replies, "I'll be a trader. I don't need to read to do business." Later that day he glimpses another world between the covers of a book and realizes magic awaits. Though the story is message-heavy, Amadi's mischief-making, along with varied earth-tone paintings, give it energy.

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