The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Bagley, Jessixa , Bagley, Aaron

Vincent Comes Home

32 pp. | Roaring Brook/Porter | February, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-1-62672-780-9 $17.99

(2) K-3 Cat Vincent has lived his whole life aboard a busy cargo ship. One day, he ventures ashore searching for "home" and realizes it's "where the people who love you are." This sea-set story's apt watercolor medium contrasts bright colors with the ocean's watery blues and greens and the smoky gray and purple night sky. The readable text is spare and honed, with an appropriately bracing pace and tone.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2018