![]() ![]() ![]() Kaufman smoothly choreographs her large cast throughout numerous scenes-including a school night potluck, as showcased in a spacious double gatefold-and it’s fun to follow one friendship in particular as it blossoms between two girls. ![]() Though one of Penfold’s rhymes (“We’re part of a community/ Our strength is our diversity./ A shelter from adversity”) sounds more like a protest cheer than a poem, she is a passionate advocate for e pluribus unum throughout the story the book’s refrain of “All are welcome here” feels both deeply reassuring and almost radical in our polarized time. Penfold ( Eat, Sleep, Poop) and Kaufman ( I Love Monkey) celebrate a school community as a great common ground where families of all kinds connect and share in their children’s educational journey: “No matter how you start your day./ What you wear when you play./ Or if you come from far away./ All are welcome here.” Every child is different-readers get a brief glimpse of children’s lives away from the classroom-but everyone shares a love for story time, recess, creating green slime and volcanoes, and making friends. ![]()
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