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elysiianbooks's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
5.0
kemendraugh's review
3.0
Loved the allusions to other books. Didn't really enjoy the concept? As a child who both loved to read and wanted to fly, the one did not really make up for the lack of the other?
readingthroughtheages's review
4.0
The power of books and the way they can take you to different places!
heisereads's review
4.0
A book for readers, or to share with those you want to become readers. The power of books to power your imagination and let you experience so many things. Pair with other books about creativity, imagination, and reading.
graventy's review
3.0
Kid just keeps reading and the pile of books gets higher and higher. It was ok!
rainbowbookworm's review
5.0
Stunning illustrations accompany this gorgeous tale of a boy who wanted to fly and the mother who gave her the books to learn how.
hache_cr's review against another edition
4.0
Si tuviera niños les leería este cuento todos los días.
mandarchy's review
4.0
I read this last week to our students as the first book of nominees for the Washington State children's choice picture book award. Before I read it, I showed them the publisher's page and explained that this is where I learned that the books was originally in Spanish and that it was translated to English. Then I showed them the back flap where it talks about the author. The students were fascinated that she was from Spain. I love how she visits other books as the story unfolds - the students were not familiar with any of them. This creates a great teaching moment where we can talk about background knowledge. The students hear us talking about background knowledge, but do they know what it is. So I stop at the Moby Dick page and tell them how famous the book is, and even though I have never read it, I know about it and I know the author is implying that he is reading Moby Dick.
We also talked about how the book might be fantasy because a tower that hi couldn't balance him, he would have to come down and eat and sleep, and there is no way his family could float a chicken dinner to him.
I paired this book with Elise Parsley's If you want to bring a circus to the library, Don't. This put the emphasis on how our imagination can take us anywhere or allow us to do anything when we read.
We also talked about how the book might be fantasy because a tower that hi couldn't balance him, he would have to come down and eat and sleep, and there is no way his family could float a chicken dinner to him.
I paired this book with Elise Parsley's If you want to bring a circus to the library, Don't. This put the emphasis on how our imagination can take us anywhere or allow us to do anything when we read.
what_katie_read_in_ca's review
5.0
This is the most wonderful and whimsical book about nurturing a love of reading in children. Both the words and the pictures are excellent. Strongly recommended!
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