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agudenburr's review against another edition
2.0
A mom and daughter communicate through post-it notes shown through the illustrations. Was hard to follow.
bedroominarles's review against another edition
4.0
Received as an ARC from House of Anansi Press & Groundwood Books.
Away is so subtle. Told strictly through notes left on Post-Its, the fears of the daughter and reassurances from the mother are so heart-tugging. The cute watercolour illustrations are an added subtlety.
Away is so subtle. Told strictly through notes left on Post-Its, the fears of the daughter and reassurances from the mother are so heart-tugging. The cute watercolour illustrations are an added subtlety.
afro75's review against another edition
4.0
A mother and daughter communicate through post-it notes about an upcoming summer camp adventure. Skip doesn't want to go! She needs to make sure her pet won't be lonely, and that she can play with her best friend eli, and she only wants to stay for one night. Great story about separation anxiety. Skip learns that everyone is nervous the first time they go away, even her mother.
achenaille's review against another edition
5.0
A beautifully done book about the anxiety of leaving home. This is how it always is with me even as an adult. The notes were a perfect way to express how the characters felt in their busy schedules of work and fun and you really get to know about their lives with the calendar in the background. The normalcy of their lives and the emotions they express hold a wonderful mirror to our every day lives.
molliebrarian's review against another edition
4.0
Super cute! I really loved how the dialogue was all in sticky notes. And you got hints about what was going on but didn't fully know until the end.
maidmarianlib's review
3.0
Such a unique way to convey the text and the mom/daughter conversations; engages with typical childhood emotions and ideas, the illustrations are lovely.
fernthepanda's review against another edition
4.0
An original way to tell a story (through sticky notes) and the illustrations are wonderful!
erine's review against another edition
3.0
The post-it note exchange was challenging, but sweet. The illustrations are soft and sketchy and full of love between a mom and her child and they prepare for sleepaway camp.
olivias's review against another edition
5.0
"I bought you bug spray. Bring homework to laundromat. I quiz. You fold."
This story is about an exchange of post-it notes between a mom and a kid who is getting ready to go away to sleepover camp for the first time. It's a cute storyline, but what I really love about this book is the picture it creates of life between this mom and kid and cat and grandmother. I love the everyday diversity in this book. The mom looks white, the kid (who is described in blurbs as a girl, but I don't see any obvious gender indications, and their name is "Skip") looks mixed, there's no second parent in the picture, and it's all just treated as par for the course. Their life together looks so great, and I love Lester the cat. Super cute story. Would be better for one-on-one reading, because of the post-it note format and the cute details.
This story is about an exchange of post-it notes between a mom and a kid who is getting ready to go away to sleepover camp for the first time. It's a cute storyline, but what I really love about this book is the picture it creates of life between this mom and kid and cat and grandmother. I love the everyday diversity in this book. The mom looks white, the kid (who is described in blurbs as a girl, but I don't see any obvious gender indications, and their name is "Skip") looks mixed, there's no second parent in the picture, and it's all just treated as par for the course. Their life together looks so great, and I love Lester the cat. Super cute story. Would be better for one-on-one reading, because of the post-it note format and the cute details.