Smith, Sydney. Do You Remember? Sydney Smith, Illus. Neal Porter, 10/2023. [40]pp. Picture Book. Trade $18.99. 978-0-8234-4262-1. GRADES Preschool–3. HIGH ADDITIONAL.
Lying in bed, a mother and child trade memories. Calm, full-page, painterly illustrations alternate with smaller, borderless vignettes that unspool like cells of film, recalling events. The text is rich with sensory description. Oblique indications of what and who have been left behind add to the emotional punch, as mother and child move together into their future. Characters are white.
Melissa McAvoy—Retired