Jenny Mei Is Sad
Tracy Subisak
(Author)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book
A Book Riot Best Book
Product Details
Price
$17.99
$16.73
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publish Date
June 15, 2021
Pages
40
Dimensions
9.1 X 9.1 X 0.4 inches | 0.8 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780316537711
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About the Author
There was a time when Tracy Subisak was very, very sad. Tracy's friends helped her through this time by going on walks with her, eating favorite foods together, and giving her big hugs often. She is the illustrator of several picture books, including the award-winning Shawn Loves Sharks by Curtis Manley and the nonfiction picture book Wood, Wire, Wings: Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane by Kirsten Larson. Tracy is from Ohio and now lives in the Pacific Northwest. To learn more about Tracy, you can visit her website, tracysubisak.com and her Instagram, @tracysubisak.
Reviews
"Intelligently and sympathetically demonstrates that children have complex emotional lives too."--Kirkus
"A sensitive, gracefully wrought portrait of compassion."--Publishers Weekly
"A child's consciousness of impending loss hums beneath the surface of Tracy Subisak's gentle picture book "Jenny Mei Is Sad."...In the colorful illustrations, we see Jenny Mei in school, smiling and playing the clown and then suddenly, inexplicably, tearing up a classmate's drawing. Those who are sad, Ms. Subisak shows with kindness, don't always behave as we imagine they should. Sad people may lash out in their misery and, indeed, feel swept away by loneliness and sorrow.--The Wall Street Journal
"Subisak's illustrations, rendered in India ink, Japanese watercolor, pastel, and colored pencil, are bold in color yet delicate in detail. The text is simple yet thoughtful, painting our narrator as the empathetic friend she is."--Horn Book
"Subisak sweetly shows, in word and art, how friends are supposed to stick together, even during the not-so-fun times."--Booklist
"A complex book with a beautiful, timely message."--Book Riot
"A sensitive, gracefully wrought portrait of compassion."--Publishers Weekly
"A child's consciousness of impending loss hums beneath the surface of Tracy Subisak's gentle picture book "Jenny Mei Is Sad."...In the colorful illustrations, we see Jenny Mei in school, smiling and playing the clown and then suddenly, inexplicably, tearing up a classmate's drawing. Those who are sad, Ms. Subisak shows with kindness, don't always behave as we imagine they should. Sad people may lash out in their misery and, indeed, feel swept away by loneliness and sorrow.--The Wall Street Journal
"Subisak's illustrations, rendered in India ink, Japanese watercolor, pastel, and colored pencil, are bold in color yet delicate in detail. The text is simple yet thoughtful, painting our narrator as the empathetic friend she is."--Horn Book
"Subisak sweetly shows, in word and art, how friends are supposed to stick together, even during the not-so-fun times."--Booklist
"A complex book with a beautiful, timely message."--Book Riot
