Coming out in mid September this is a book for every library.  Conversational, the author tells us about things we already knew about the State of Liberty and then tells us things we didn't know.   Most importantly, while telling us that her right foot is NOT anchored to the ground he reminds us that the statue and what she represents are constantly moving, and that her welcome is far reaching and unending.  What an important message for today and the future.  The illustrations are equally appealing and universal.

In these dark days here is a list of Social Justice books for all ages of kids, tweeted by award winning author Jacqueline Woodson. https://socialjusticebooks.org/booklists/

A book that constantly amazes as you suddenly catch on to the author's intent....to tell an alliterative story.   So the story begins with LOTS of A words, moving on the the B's and so on.   Anticipation adds to the fun, how are they going to handle the q's, what about the z's.   A definition of Alliteration appears at the back of the book with suggestions about where to look for others.  And hopefully this might inspire some copy-cats.

Young (and old readers) will puzzle over this wordless picture book. Where is Mr. Crocodile going as he gets up, gets dressed, takes the Paris Metro.  There are double page spreads interspersed with multiple images per page (usually to show lots of action and business).  Some people notice him, others don't and there are other animal characters mingling with the human ones.  His final destination is fun and can spark some interesting discussions.   The soft pastel pictures with a blending of foreground and background add to the gentle joy of this very original story.