  | I won't give up my rubber band Author: Yoshitake, Shinsuke | |
| Price: $21.68 | ||
Summary:
A young girl who feels she has nothing of her own rejoices and imagines all the things she will do with the rubber band her mother has given her.
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (+) (05/01/22)
School Library Journal (06/01/22)
Booklist (03/15/22)
The Hornbook (00/07/22)
Full Text Reviews:
School Library Journal - 06/01/2022 PreS-Gr 1—A small child of no obvious gender finds a rubber band and claims it a treasure. With their rubber band they imagine all sorts of adventures they will have and all of the uses for the band, from normal hair tie to saving the world. The text is very spare, standing out clearly from the illustrations, with basic and repetitive vocabulary employed. Complementing the text and in service to the story are Yoshitake's illustrations, which show off the adorable and zany antics of the child in bright colors and accessible images. These convey the inner world of the child as well as some particularly hilarious facial expressions. Overall, Yoshitake has created a story that takes readers into that dynamic chaos of a child's mind, and all with a simple rubber band. VERDICT A winsome read-aloud that shows the expanse of a child's imagination, this is not an essential purchase but it is certainly an endearing one.—Margaret Kennelly - Copyright 2022 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.
Booklist - 03/15/2022 When a little girl’s mother lets her keep a rubber band of her very own, it's the most exciting news ever. Not only will she sleep and bathe with it and never have to share it, she’ll use it as a fashion accessory and to wrangle bad guys. And maybe she can harness its power to slingshot herself around the world, bungee jump, and jump rope with monkeys in the jungle. And she might even—oh, it broke. This book, translated from the original Japanese, captures the glorious imaginative play that ignites in the type of child who collects odds and ends and sees them as amazing. Yoshitake’s artwork is, as usual, minimalist and childishly simplistic, using scraggly lines and a handful of colors to portray images and facial expressions. The plot, spare though it is, includes sweet messaging about how treasure is personal, no matter one's age, and how people should respect one another’s collectibles. While the girl's rubber-band plans are cut short, the future brightens once more when she discovers a magnificent paper clip. - Copyright 2022 Booklist.
