T. E. Chamie, Oranges at Halftime, Thou Art Publishing, 1 Dec 2015, 32 pp., $16.99 (hbk), ISBN: 9780646945484
This is a story of inclusion, friendship and decision making . Two friends join a soccer club and when one decides to leave his mates to help the A team win the cup, the other opts to stay in the lower grade with his friends. Told in rhyming couplets, the language is simple and immediate. Illustrations are a little harder to warm to as, although pages are busy and depict the bustle and camaraderie of the games and training, the characters are presented with rather challenging facial expressions and uneasy body dimensions.
A great message let down by uneven pictorial message.
Reviewed by Chris Dayman
