Janet Lawler, photos by Brian Skerry. National Geographic, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4263-1116-1
Readers are invited to count from one to 10 with photographs of aquatic animals, described in brief, vivid captions: “5 pink sea star arms. Five arms on this pink sea star bend and flex. Tube-like suckers underneath these arms hold the sea star in...
READ FULL REVIEW
Janet Lawler, Author, Alison Jay, Illustrator , illus. by Alison Jay. Dial $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-2617-8
Newcomer Lawler's charming verse expresses a mother's love for her baby, comparing kisses to raindrops, pebbles, glowing comets and other wonders of nature. "If kisses were flowers, you'd have huge bouquets/ of roses and daisies/...
READ FULL REVIEW
Janet Lawler, illus. by Anna Brown. Harper, $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-224170-2
In impeccably rhymed couplets, Lawler (Snowzilla) makes the case that love is all about actions in a story that feels simultaneously old-fashioned and of-the-moment. Newcomer Brown assembles cleanly laid-out digital collages whose soft corrugated...
READ FULL REVIEW
Janet Lawler, illus. by Martin Davey. Pelican, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4556-2138-5
“They happen every thousand years—/ the Prehistoric Games./ To start things off, a torch is lit/ by hot volcanic flames.” Blending modern sports with now-extinct creatures, Lawler (Love Is Real) and British artist Davey stage a kind of Jurassic...
READ FULL REVIEW
Janet Lawler, illus. by Lindsay Dale-Scott. Jumping Jack, $29.95 (16p) ISBN 978-1-62348-458-3
Dramatic pop-ups engineered by newcomer Yoojin Kim guide readers through autumnal changes in this cozily illustrated book. Pulling a tab causes a cluster of leaves to transform into rich oranges and yellows in the opening spread; later pages feature
READ FULL REVIEW
Janet Lawler, illus. by Olivia Chin Mueller. Sterling, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4549-2739-6
Shy Mirabel, a little mouse with a fondness for hats and headpieces, “trembled at the thought of giving valentines away.” “Despite her nerves,” she makes the cards and bravely sets out for school along a grassy path and past a quiet city block....
READ FULL REVIEW
Janet Lawler, illus. by Geraldine Rodriguez. Little Bee, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4998-0989-3
In this mild starting-school tale, Carlos is worried that he won’t know anyone, the bus will get lost, and he won’t be able to find his teacher, Mrs. Bashay. But he’s reassured when he receives a letter from her asking that he bring a “big...
READ FULL REVIEW
Janet Lawler, illus. by Amanda Haley. Amazon Children’s Publishing, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7614-6188-3
In a chirpy story of mild civil strife, a girl named Cami Lou constructs a humungous snowman (helpfully, her parents own a snowplow and a bulldozer) that attracts thousands of visitors. When angry neighbors protest (“A lady warned everyone,/ ‘Make...
READ FULL REVIEW
Janet Lawler, Author, Kathleen Kemly, Illustrator , illus. by Kathleen Kemly. Sterling $14.95 (24p) ISBN 978-1-4027-6968-9
A mother and daughter spend time together exploring nature and enjoying seasonal activities. In spring, they “wade in a puddle/ that's not very deep,/ pretending we're frogs,/ croaking loud as we leap.” During the summer, they...
READ FULL REVIEW
