Sugar Cane

by Patricia Storace

[nannah]

Wow, the ART in this is sooo beautiful! I've only seen a few other children's books this beautiful. Very few.

Content warnings:
use of the Roma slur

Sugar Cane is a fairly straightforward reinterpretation of Rapunzel set in the Caribbean. There's a few cute and surprising little changes, but altogether it's Rapunzel (whether that's good or bad is up to you). The writing is pretty good - sometimes beautiful - but what really does stand out is the art. The colors and textures in each picture make everything interesting to look at - over and over again. I'm almost tempted to get this for a friend just for that.

Anyway, I love the increase of multicultural children's books, and I hope the number of them continues to rise. Kids of all kinds deserve to see themselves in all sorts of stories!