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Ohi, Debbie Ridpath

Sam & Eva

40 pp. | Simon | October, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4814-1628-3 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-4814-1629-0

(2) K-3 In this metafictive story, two artistic kids instigate a drawing duel in which the creatures they draw act out their creators' emotions. Eventually, the sentient drawings' high jinks overwhelm Sam and Eva, who (in a nod to Harold and his purple crayon) draw a doorway to escape. The children's drawings are rendered in a naive style that emulates kids' art, while depictions of Sam and Eva themselves are cartoony.

Reviewer: Megan Dowd Lambert | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2017