Sam and Jump

Reviewed by: Phyllis Fuchs - Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: May 8, 2017

Review

A picture book that will resonate with anyone who can remember loving and then losing a special toy or belonging as well as about best friends, both old ones and new ones. The author/illustrator's appealing watercolor, pencil and digital"magic"drawings are in absolute harmony with the clean, spare text. The illustrations grow noticeably larger to highlight significant moments in the story. Young preschoolers, three and four year olds especially, will be able to read the story by simply following the pictures. It is a book, then, especially appropriate for young three and four year olds, particularly boys but also for any age of admirers of well-done picture books. Recommended.

Overall Book Score: excellent