Truman will win your heart, and Sarah is pretty darn likeable as well. Pros: This little gem would make another great back-to-school book. As they share a bedtime story that night, Truman dreams of a day he might go with Sarah on her bus, perhaps as part of Show and Tell. She is amazed to see him, and puts him safely back in his tank. Using three rocks in his tank, he makes a break for freedom, and is plodding across the living room rug when Sarah finally returns. Truman is determined to wait bravely, but after waiting “a thousand hours”, he decides it’s time for a search.
But one day Sarah eats a big breakfast, gives Truman some extra green beans, straps on an enormous backpack (it could fit 32 small tortoises!) and with the parting words, “Be brave”, boards the number 11 bus. Summary: Truman is a turtle, “”the size of a donut…and every bit as sweet” who is inseparable from his friend Sarah. Ages 4–8.Published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers The theme of connection powers both text and image as depicted in a candid family shot of children, including one using a wheelchair, gleefully roasting marshmallows with their grandparents: “Eyes so bright and smiles aglow./ Laughs like someone else we know./ Family ties so strong and true.// Part of me/ is part of you.” While Reidy’s chipper rhymes provide a page-turning pace, it’s Cotterill’s crafty visuals that make this book stand out. Featuring multiple families of varying skin tones, the dollhouse-like scenes burst with an animated energy, loosely organized to map the contour of an active day out, from morning greetings to bedtime stories. “A million kisses!/ Hugs! Hooray!/ Our grand day/ begins this way.” Sidewalk chalk art, baking, reading, and dress-up-there’s no limit to the fun that can be had with grandparents, suggest Reidy’s declarative couplets and Cotterill’s distinctive hand-built, three-dimensional sets captured in brightly lit photographs.
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