Little Elliot, Big Family

GODWIN BOOKS, HENRY HOLT BOOKS
FOR YOUNG READERS, MACMILLAN

WHEN MOUSE heads off to a family reunion, Little Elliot decides to go for a walk. As he explores each busy street, he sees families in all shapes and sizes. In a city of millions, Little Elliot feels very much alone —until he finds he has a family of his own! 

Reviews

  • "Employing a restrained text, Curato mines the visuals for emotional impact...Young children will easily relate to Elliot's experience of loneliness and his relief at inclusion, both convincingly captured in this elegant tale."

    Kirkus
    starred review

  • "Curato fleshes out Little Elliot’s personality in this installment—there are glimmers of a character with real depth beneath his cutie-pie visage—while continuing to come up with wonderful, Hopperesque images of a bygone New York."

    Publishers Weekly
    starred review

  • "The art creates an inviting atmosphere that draws readers in and keeps them lingering on each page, while the text tells an appealing story of family and friendship."

    School Library Journal

  • "Readers will appreciate amusing visual details such as mouse-size bottle-cap plates and end pages filled with mouse family photos. A splendid follow-up to Little Elliot, Big City."

    Booklist

  • "Children often feel like outsiders for so many reasons, and that lonesome feeling is reflected here... Elliot's warm welcome into the mouse family is a happy ending to the aching story of longing to belong."

    Shelf Awareness

Awards & Accolades

  • 2016 Charlotte Huck
    Recommended Books     List 
    The National Council of Teachers of English

  • Indies Next List, Autumn 2015
    Indiebound

  • Best Books of 2015: Ages 3-5 
    Amazon

  • Original Art Show selection
    58th Annual of American Illustration  Society of Illustrators

  • 2016 Children’s Choice Book Awards
    Finalist for Children's Choice Illustrator
    Children's Book Council

  • Best Picture Books of 2015
    Huffington Post