Perfect Picture Book Friday
Poetree (Dial Books for Young Readers, 2019) by Shauna LaVoy Reynolds and illustrated by Shahrzad Maydani makes me smile. I love the developing friendship. This is one sweet book.
It’s spring and Sylvia celebrates by writing a poem. She ties her poem to a birch tree in the park. The next day her poem has been replaced by another. The tree is writing back! Her daydreams about the tree get her in trouble at school. But then something surprising happens.
Poetree was on the Spring 2019 Kids’ Indie Next List and received a starred review in School Library Journal.
Author Shauna LaVoy Renolds says she writes “uncommon stories for uncommon children.” Read more about her here. Poetree is her debut picture book.
Check out illustrator Shahrzad Maydani’s illustrations and sketches on Instagram. Read about her here.
