Our featured blog review of the day comes from Joanne Roberts, a Round 1 panelist in Elementary and Juvenile Nonfiction. Joanne blogs at Bookish Ambition, and she is a children’s illustrator and writer herself. Last month, for Perfect Picture Book Friday, she posted about Fiction Picture Books nominee Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion by Alex T. Smith. In her review, she said:
“This is a well-thought-out, well executed twist on an old classic with a terrific ending. The first of Alex Smith’s books I’ve read, but not the last.”
Read the full review (and get some bonus fun facts) here.