Pockets, by Janet Anderson (Pegasus Publishers, $13.99PB, 2021, 38pp, up to 7 years of age especially grades K-2)
What on earth is that on the cover? Is it a robot? Is it a sun bather? No, it's a penguin wearing shades and headphones, but why?
Pockets the penguin is happy. She is generous. She loves to laugh but cannot speak. She hears too well plus she is a little bit timid. And the other little penguins only notice how different she is from them. Her flippers are short, her beak is funny, even her feet are different. And, most of all, she has pockets! Six of them. On the front. What on earth can she do with those pockets?
Is your child different in any way? Does it bother her? Perhaps Pockets can show her that everyone is different, only some people (and some penguins) show it on the outside while others keep it on the inside. And what you put in your pockets can make all the difference in the world!
We like it that Pockets lives in Antarctica, a very different place for most of us, with crab cakes (for Marylanders), fishsicles (whatever they are), and snow cones (we all know what these are).
There is so much that is wonderful to unpack in Pockets - on every page. The more we read this book, the more we like it.
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