We Are Growing

Keller, L. (2016). We Are Growing. New York, NY: Disney Hyperion Books.

Gerald the elephant and Piggie introduce this book to readers. I have never seen a picture book start with characters that are not even in this story being told, but this one does. What an interesting way to get young readers hooked in the story. The characters come back at the end also. The pictures fill out both pages in the two page spread crossing the gutter. They are bright and colorful. The text grows as  the book goes on.  When the grass blades are saying something loudly or are using onomatopoeia the words are huge on the page. This font size change gives you a sense of how to read the words on the page.  The illustrations are attractive and comical. This is good thing considering the main characters are blades of grass. 

We Are Growing teachers readers that everyone has a role or a part in a community.  This book would be appropriate for a read aloud to a very young audience.