Never, Not Ever! by Beatrice Alemagna
Published by HarperCollins on July 13, 2021
ISBN: 0063076497
Pages: 48
Genres: Animals
Format: Picture Book Fiction
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This is an adorable book about a young bat’s refusal to go to school. Pascaline watches as all the other animals head off to the first day off school while insisting that she will never, not ever go. In a twist a magical realism, Pascaline’s emotions shrink her parents who she then hides under her wings and, feeling newly confident, brings them along. Once there, Pascaline realizes she wasn’t the only bat who was struggling with the first day, although she is the only one with tiny parents secreted away who embarrass her all day and force her to see that maybe physically toting your parents along isn’t the best tactic to take. This is a funny, beautifully illustrated book that would be great addition to any collection and would be perfect in a display of first day of school/back to school books.

Reviewed by Sarah Maciejewski, Patten Free Library, Bath