Just Read!

Synopsis: “Learning to read is a big accomplishment, and this exuberant picture book celebrates reading in its many forms. In lively rhyme, it follows a diverse group of word-loving children who grab the opportunity to read wherever and whenever they can. They read while waiting and while sliding or swinging; they read music and in Braille and the signs on the road. And, sometimes, they even read together, in a special fort they’ve built. The colorful, fanciful art and rollicking text will get every child more excited about reading!”

Review: As a book lover, I adored this ode to books, reading, and imagination! I loved how diverse the book was with kids of all skin tones as well as diversity in reading. Where, how, when, and why they read is all different, but what makes them the same is that they all love to read!

I really liked the watercolor style of art that made the children’s world so bright and colorful both in their community and in their imagination. This story is one you can read over and over again as you pour over the illustrations finding something new in the title of a book or a pattern on a chair or carpet.

Book lovers of all ages will thoroughly enjoy this story and want to just read (some more)!

Title: Just Read!
Author: Lori Degman
Illustrator: Victoria Tentler-Krylov
Publisher: Sterling Children’s Books
Publication Date: March 5, 2019
Page Number: 32 pgs.