Mary Engelbreit’s The World Is Yours by Mary Engelbreit
Published by HarperCollins on April 2nd 2019
ISBN: 006288994X
Pages: 48
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Maybe I’m overthinking this book. It strikes me as more of a gift for an older person who loves the illustrations of children’s literature. It’s very nicely illustrated but each page has a single quote that might or might not resonate with children. Some might just enjoy looking at the pictures and hearing the quotes read like text but so many kids I know require a lot more information than what’s offered here, including who the person who said it was; why they said it; why it’s on the page with that illustration; what else did this person do; are they still alive; what happened to them!?

Maybe I should just trust it more but I really do think it misses the mark.

Reviewed by Sarah Maciejewski, Patten Free Library, Bath