The Little Island
by Margaret Wise Brown and Leonard Weisgard
Kids' Book of the Week , June 1, 2020
The Little Island
We usually choose new picture books for Phinney by Post Kids, but when this one—which I had never seen before, even though it was written by Margaret Wise Brown and won a Caldecott in 1947—came into the store recently, there was something about its story of isolation and connection that seemed perfect for the time we're in, and Weisgard's illustrations, full of the brightness of sea and sky, seemed an ideal tonic for our own shuttered lives. (Ages 2 to 5)
We usually choose new picture books for Phinney by Post Kids, but when this one—which I had never seen before, even though it was written by Margaret Wise Brown and won a Caldecott in 1947—came into the store recently, there was something about its story of isolation and connection that seemed perfect for the time we're in, and Weisgard's illustrations, full of the brightness of sea and sky, seemed an ideal tonic for our own shuttered lives. (Ages 2 to 5)
— Tom
The Little Island was reviewed in Newsletter #274 on June 1, 2020. For more like this, and other bookish news, sign up for the newsletter .
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