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Spires, Ashley

The Thing Lou Couldn't Do

32 pp. | Kids Can | May, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-1-77138-727-9 $17.95
(3) K-3 Lou is left out when her friends play pirate up in a tree: she would prefer "a NOT-UP-A-TREE game." Lou invents excuses but eventually decides to try climbing; though (refreshingly) Lou doesn't succeed, she persists. Lou's character displays an impressive but still realistic emotional depth, and Spires's digital illustrations with speech bubbles depict this multicultural group of friends with imagination and thoughtfulness.
Reviewer: Miriam Steinberg-Egeth

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