I am really drawn to picture books that celebrate community. My book today is a new one from 2021 - The Invisible by Tom Percival. Isabel feels that she is becoming invisible as her family sink into poverty. Looking around the city she sees other invisible people - homeless people, lonely people, displaced people. Isabel does not walk away, she begins her own quiet actions and slowly things begin to change.
I was SO happy to see this book has been included in the 2022 Kate Greenaway Medal shortlist. There are 72 titles on the shortlist. There is one Australian title on this list this year - When we say Black Lives Matter by Maxine Beneba Clarke. There are lots of books on this list that I still need to find but here are some titles, in addition to The Invisible, which I have shared here on this blog.
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