Month: July 2024

Five-​Word Reviews: Between Words; Building a Beak; Flamingos are Pretty Funky; The Mango Tree; What We Wear When We Take Care

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All of the illustrators I was going to work with on picture book reviews this month are now occupied with working on new picture books. That’s a good “problem,” though, and it simply means OPB readers get another month of five-​word reviews.

Here goes!

Author: Saki Tanaka
Illustrator: Saki Tanaka
Orchard Books
21 May 2024
40 pages

Ryan’s five-​word review: Colorful journey of quiet connection.

4.5 out of 5 shared smiles

Author: Becca McMurdie
Illustrator: Diana Hernández
Page Street Kids
11 June 2024
32 pages

Ryan’s five-​word review: Hope blooms from broken beak.

4 out of 5 3D printers

Author: Abi Cushman
Illustrator: Abi Cushman
Greenwillow Books
4 June 2024
40 pages

Ryan’s five-​word review: Science, silliness, seriously flamboyantly flamingo-tastic.

4.25 out of 5 pink necks

Author: Edel Rodriguez
Illustrator: Edel Rodriguez
Harry N. Abrams
11 June 2024
48 pages

Ryan’s five-​word review: Friendship transcends borders. Wondrously wordless.

4.25 out of 5 marvelous mangoes

Author: Sarah Finan
Illustrator: Sarah Finan
Candlewick
18 June 2024
32 pages

Ryan’s five-​word review: Sensible symphony of safety sounds.

4 out of 5 yellow helmets