Kathryn Otoshi. KO Kids (PGW, dist.), $18.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-9723946-6-6
Like Otoshi’s Zero and One, this book stars numerals brushed in cheery colors on clean white pages. Two is best friends with One—or was, until Three comes between them. “Come play with me, One,” invites Three. “Odds are better than the rest, but One
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Kathryn Otoshi. Roaring Brook, $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-62672-563-8
Otoshi (Beautiful Hands) uses a simple charcoal line to tell a tale of conflict and resolution. Two boys—one with light skin and dark hair, the other with dark skin and light hair—discover that the lines they’re drawing on the ground can be picked...
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Kathryn Otoshi and Bret Baumgarten, illus. by Kathryn Otoshi. KO Kids/Blue Dot (PGW, dist.), $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-9907993-0-6
This celebration of human capability subverts expectations with every page turn, as Otoshi (Two) and Baumgarten twist physical actions, such as planting or lifting, into more abstract ideas. “What will your beautiful hands do today?” begins the book;
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Kathryn Otoshi. KO Kids, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-73434-820-0
Instead of telling this story about bullying from a victim’s point of view, Otoshi (Draw the Line) relays it in the voice of a bully. In the early pages, readers watch the narrator identify and depersonalize the victim (“Skinny neck... slumping......
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