McClintock, Barbara. Adele & Simon. 2006. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Adele has the responsibility of picking up her brother Simon at school. When she picks him up, she begs him not to lose anything today. Simon promises to try, and thus begins an afternoon walk home. At each stop, Simon manages to lose something that he needs—his drawing at the grocer, his books at the park, his scarf at the museum and so on until Adele and Simon arrive at home where their mother asks about all his missing items. The pen and ink and watercolor illustrations by McClintock are reminiscent of picture books from the early 20^th century, and the soft colors provide the text with a warmth and approachability that will encourage children to pick up the book repeatedly to visit Paris with Adele and Simon. As readers tour Paris, they will thrill to each watercolor depicting an actual location in Paris, each of which is described in more detail in endnotes at the end of the book. With each reading, readers will walk with Adele and Simon and will spend time examining each aspect of a picture that gains new details at each viewing. The illustrations are inviting and friendly and readers of all ages will enjoy visiting the locations where Simon understandably becomes too distracted to keep up with his own belongings.