Keeping up with Roo Book

This book is about a young girl and her aunt who is cognitively challenged and as she grows up she begins to feel embarrassed by her aunt. When her best friend comes over she is nervous that her friend will not want to come over anymore because of her aunt, however, they all end up playing together and having fun. This book does a good job in describing Roo who is an aunt that has mental deficiencies to younger children. This book is meant for children 5 years and up and the book does a good job in using syntax and diction appropriate for this age. The setting a plot of this picture book is well developed when considering most picture books are not this developed. Further, the story shows
the girl growing up, going through a conflict, and then resolving it. Moreover, the well-developed plot allows readers to understand the story better while being able to understand the theme. I believe that his book does a good job in showing diversity because of the fact the characters in the book are people of color. Further, this shows children that many of these disabilities affect people of all races and ethnicities.