While somewhat less sanitized than some of the others in this series, this is still a mixed bag in terms of tone and presentation of a charged period in history underlying an accessible if imperfect biography.
This reissue, translated by Helen Wang and formerly known as Gus, the Dinosaur Bus, remains a fun and silly tale for dinosaur aficionados who require no explanation for why there is a city-dwelling brontosaurus.
With a subtle moral—everything is a monster in the fog—that is rendered playfully but is still thought-provoking, this is a delightful and recommended addition to most collections.
A sweet if somewhat homespun introduction to celebratory traditions for little ones who might need encouragement finding the less scary and more entertaining side of Halloween. An optional purchase for libraries looking to expand their Halloween collections.
This work could not be more topical or timely, given the tragically numerous refugee crises, and may share shelf space with Kate Milner’s My Name Is Not Refugee and Yuyi Morales’s Dreamers, which provide more comprehensive and realistically hopeful depictions of the refugee experience.