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A review by olivias
Away by Emil Sher
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.