Five Five-​Word Picture Book Reviews: A Wild Windy Night; If You Run Out of Words; Mama in the Moon; Roar-​Choo!; This Is Not My Lunchbox!

Things went sideways with my plans for May, so we’ll launch the month with the increasingly (in)famous Five-​W0rd Reviews instead of our regularly scheduled joint PB review.

Here we go!


Author: Yui Abe
Illustrator: Yui Abe
Museyon
1 April 2024
40 pages

Ryan’s five-​word review: Windswept fun–bedtime fears goodbye!

4 out of 5 yawns


Author: Felicita Sala
Illustrator: Felicita Sala
Harry N. Abrams
9 April 2024
48 pages

Ryan’s five-​word review: Worried child, wonderful word-​weaving dad.

4.5 out of 5 bedtime questions


Author: Doreen Cronin
Illustrator: Brian Cronin
Rocky Pond Books
30 January 2024
40 pages

Ryan’s five-​word review: Moonlight magic for tiny worries.

4.25 out of 5 Mama hugs


Author: Charlotte Cheng
Illustrator: Dan Santat
Rocky Pond Books
9 April 2024
40 pages

Ryan’s five-​word review: Cold-​ridden dragon learns to rest.

4.25 out of 5 cups of tea


Author: Jennifer Dupuis
Illustrator: Carol Schwartz
Tilbury House
16 April 2024
32 pages

Ryan’s five-​word review: Tasty text–terrific animal treats.

4 out of 5 wiggly worms