JOHN'S TURN

By Mac Barnett Illustrated by Kate Berube (Candlewick Press, 2022) I checked this book out of my local library based on the writer’s name and the cover image. Mac Barnett is a clever, sparkly writer of children’s books like Sam and Dave Dig a Hole and Count the Monkeys . I figured I could use some amusement. But this isn’t that kind of book. (More on the cover in a bit.) The book focuses on a…