One Little Bag: An Amazing Journey by Henry Cole
Published by Scholastic Press on April 7, 2020
ISBN: 1338359975
Pages: 48
Genres: Realistic Fiction
Format: Picture Book Fiction
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In this wordless picture book, a tall tree growing in the forest is transformed to the brown bag at a checkout counter at the grocery store and into the hands of a young boy on the eve of his first day of school. Through three generations of one family the bag eventually becomes the container in which a new tree is planted. Meticulous, detailed black-and-white line drawings in which only the bag is colored. The story is complex and I wonder if some accompanying text may have enhanced it as I had to read through the book several times to get the gist. (I could have been distracted by the incredible illustrations.) Regardless, it is a book to be savored and one to pull out for Earth Day celebrations.

Reviewed by Barb Rehmeyer, Liberty Library