Stellaluna.

A childhood favorite I revisited for the first time in decades. The pictures are hilarious and the colored pencil style is charming. The word choices are descriptive. Stellaluna is appropriately enthusiastic about mangoes, which are probably the best food that exists. The story contains themes of the issues with and pressures of assimilation, rediscovering your roots, and forging strong, genuine bonds despite and across huge differences.

Forever one of the best children's books ever written.

Read and reviewed: 2018-10-20