ONE LITTLE BAG: An Amazing Journey by Henry Cole. New York: Scholastic Press, 2020. 48p. ISBN 978-133835997-8 hc. $18.99     Gr. K-2     E PIC

If the detailed pencil drawings aren't enough to draw readers into this exquisite wordless book, the story is crafted to make you think about conserving natural resources as a lifestyle.   Before the story officially begins, Cole takes readers through the process involved in making a single paper bag.  Watch the brown log move from the forest to the paper mill, where it's chipped into pulp and made into lunch bags.  One of those lunch bags ends up with a boy who uses it to carry his lunch, hold tools, protect his sheet music, transport cookies, and, as time goes on, to share items with his wife.  The lunch bag, once embellished with a heart from his mom, now has additional decoration from family members who also believe in reusing materials.  Cole ends the story with a heartwarming tribute to the life cycle.  
Lynette Suckow, Superiorland Preview Center, Marquette, MI