The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Croza, Laurel

I Know Here

32 pp. | Groundwood | March, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-0-88899-923-8 $18.95

(1) K-3 Illustrated by Matt James. A little girl's family is moving from its one-road community in the wilderness to Toronto. The narrative is intensely first-personal, as the girl describes the things and places that matter most to her. While the text is deliberate and declarative, the illustrations are extravagantly expressionistic; round, comforting shapes are everywhere, from the curve of the purple-black road to the communal old-fashioned TV.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2010