The Sad Little Fact
Jonah Winter, illustrations by Pete Oswald
Schwartz & Wade
Fiction, CH Picture Book
Themes: Fables
****+
Description
A little blue fact upsets the mighty Authority, but refuses to call itself a lie.
Review
A truly timely (and, sadly, timeless) picture book examines what happens when facts and power clash. The Authority refuses to acknowledge the little fact, locking it away with all the other facts it wants to ignore, as it manufactures a horde of nasty lies that pass themselves off as the truth... but not everyone is taken in. Simple, bright pictures illustrate the quest for truth and persistence of lies, with an ending that may not be a clear-cut victory, but offers vindication for the little hero. A hopeful book for increasingly hopeless times.