Review of the Day: When You Look Up by Decur

When You Look Up
By Decur
Translated by Chloe Garcia Roberts
Enchanted Lion Books
$29.95
ISBN: 978-1-59270-293-0
Ages 6-10
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In retrospect, I was probably a bit too optimistic. Cast your mind back a little to when, for just a moment there, books for children began to experiment with their visual elements. We were seeing things like Brian Selznick’s The Invention of Hugo Cabret, a massive tome of a title, win a Caldecott for best picture book. Books like The Arrival by Shaun Tan, which...