Review of the Day: Ways to Make Sunshine by Renée Watson

Ways to Make Sunshine
By Renée Watson
Illustrated by Nina Mata
Bloomsbury Childrens Books
$16.99
ISBN: 978-1-5476-0056-4
Ages 6-10
On shelves April 28th

I am the Lou Grant of childrens literary reviewers. I hate spunk. Thats kind of a blanket statement for what often turns out to be a fairly nuanced issue, so Ill scale it back a bit. I hate unearned spunk. Childrens books are just rife with the stuff, overflowing with cheery aphorisms and chipper jolts of self-esteem. Spunk, as far as I can tell,...