Max's Starry Night by: Ken Wilson-Max

Max's Starry Night caught my attention because the picture of the boy on the front of the book is black. I thought this was great because the majority of children's books feature white children and do not show much diversity. This story was about Max and his friends and how when one of them was scared the other made fun of him, but he shouldn't. It has a good moral value in that sense that it is trying to teach young children that everyone is different and being scared of something isn't a bad thing because most people are scared of something. It says in the book ages 2-6 so it is likely meant to be a read aloud but I think that children up to third grade could probably read this book and get something out of it. I noticed two other Max books on the shelf and it is good to see that a black child is the main character in these books because of the importance of exploring diversity at a young age.