afro8921's review against another edition
4.0
A mother and daughter communicate through post-it notes about an upcoming summer camp adventure. Skip doesn't want to go! She needs to make sure her pet won't be lonely, and that she can play with her best friend eli, and she only wants to stay for one night. Great story about separation anxiety. Skip learns that everyone is nervous the first time they go away, even her mother.
kemendraugh's review against another edition
4.0
Won this lovely thing in a Goodreads giveaway and I couldn't be happier. A gorgeous story told through post-it notes about a mother and daughter. I've newly discovered Qin Leng's illustrations and I'm so in love with them.
pwbalto's review against another edition
4.0
The ONLY problem I have with this sweet, loving book about a brown boy and his white single mom preparing for sleepaway camp is a couple of kludgey midsentence text breaks between the Post-Its they use to communicate. Literally. Everything else is PERFECT.
readingthroughtheages's review against another edition
4.0
I loved that the text of the story is all told via post-it notes! Sweet story, but I just loved Qin Leng's brilliant illustrations!
agudenburr's review against another edition
2.0
A mom and daughter communicate through post-it notes shown through the illustrations. Was hard to follow.
kerameia's review against another edition
4.0
Beautiful, whimsical illustrations full of life and detail. A unique method of story-telling (through post-it notes between parent and child) that requires one to infer, from both the post-its and the pictures, what is happening and how each feels about the situation. Ends on a warm, hopeful note.
A lovely and charming book!
A lovely and charming book!
bedroominarles's review against another edition
4.0
Received as an ARC from House of Anansi Press & Groundwood Books.
Away is so subtle. Told strictly through notes left on Post-Its, the fears of the daughter and reassurances from the mother are so heart-tugging. The cute watercolour illustrations are an added subtlety.
Away is so subtle. Told strictly through notes left on Post-Its, the fears of the daughter and reassurances from the mother are so heart-tugging. The cute watercolour illustrations are an added subtlety.
afro75's review against another edition
4.0
A mother and daughter communicate through post-it notes about an upcoming summer camp adventure. Skip doesn't want to go! She needs to make sure her pet won't be lonely, and that she can play with her best friend eli, and she only wants to stay for one night. Great story about separation anxiety. Skip learns that everyone is nervous the first time they go away, even her mother.