Puss Reboots: Blog: August 2022: Little Houses

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Little Houses: 08/06/22

Little Houses by Kevin Henkes and Laura Dronzek (Illustrator) is an existential exploration during a walk along a beach. A young girl collects seashells at the beach and wonders about the little houses they once were and extends her thoughts to other ways of living.

There is also a tangent about things lost at sea. The example given is toys. What's not mentioned is littering, pollution and the ways both are destroying the seas, reefs, and beaches.

Instead of really looking into the bigger realities of the world as represented by this book and this girl's actions, the book ends with the statement that sometimes children collect the little houses found on the beach. I was left thinking on how tourism is destroying tropical destinations, such as Hawaii.

Three stars