Accident by Andrea Tsurumi - ADVISABLE

Tsurumi, Andrea Accident. PICTURE BOOK. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017. $17.99.

In Accident, Lola knocks over a pitcher of juice onto a white chair and decides to run away to the library. On her way to the library she runs into other animals who each have their own catastrophes and run away with Lola as well. The animals finally learn the word “accident” and what to do when one happens—help. 

I like the message of this book that it’s okay to have accidents as long as you help others and try to clean things up, and of course the fact that when everyone runs away they run to the library, but I wasn’t crazy about the illustrations. I liked how the pages had a lot going on, there was lots on each page to pick out and point to, but I didn’t find the animals cute or engaging enough to really draw me into the story. 

PRE-K, EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE. Reviewer: JQ