Leo Espinosa

Nov 19, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Leo Espinosa |Marilyn Sadler |Stephanie Laberis |Erin Guendelsberger

Try your best to find this great storytime pick. The titular character, introduced in The Creature of Habit (2021), returns for a lesson in perseverance. Clever wordplay immediately elevates Smith’s story beyond mere moralizing about the value of a growth mindset: “Habit” is the name of a tropical island, home to the eponymous creature, a large, rabbitlike being who prefers the tried-and-true to the new and unfamiliar.

Oct 17, 2023 | kirkusreviews.com | Sara O'Leary |Briony Smith |Peter Mercurio |Leo Espinosa

Splendidly affirming for young readers, writers, and artists. As children, the Brontës create their own tiny books and boundless world. The text begins “Many years before you were born,” urging readers to “look through the window” at the rapt, rosy faces of Charlotte and Anne, two small girls. Charlotte is making an illustrated book that’s the size of a child’s palm, imagining the fortunate life of a girl named Anne.

Aug 17, 2023 | bookshop.org | Charles Smith |Leo Espinosa

(Author) (Illustrator) FORMAT Hardcover$18.99$17.66(English) Pre-Order   Ships Sep 12, 2023 Buy new or used from an indie through our partner Biblio: Price Condition Seller A Coretta Scott King Award winner and a Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor winner pair up for a rousing picture book biography-in-verse of legendary African American cyclist Marshall "Major" Taylor and the Six-Day Race.