heyjude1965's review against another edition
5.0
Super cute kids book about Audrey Hepburn with lots of drawings. Checked it out of the library, but I want to own one for my coffee table!
mercedesjwood's review against another edition
5.0
Absolutely loved it! An adorably simple way of telling a story about Audrey's Inspirational life.
lady_mair's review against another edition
4.0
Now I want to go read a full-length biography about Audrey Hepburn... So I would say the picture book has done its work well!
shighley's review against another edition
4.0
It's so nice to see an accessible book about someone outside the usual realm of biographies, but who warrants attention. The illustrations do a wonderful job of depicting Hepburn's spirit, and it's gratifying to read how Hepburn inspired the author from a very young age.
missprint_'s review against another edition
3.0
Just Being Audrey by by Margaret Cardillo, illustrated by Julia Denos
As the title suggests, this picture book is about Audrey Hepburn--her early life, her aspirations to become a ballerina, her success in Hollywood and her later-life work with UNICEF.
I love Audrey, who doesn't? Cardillo's text was an interesting insight into the background of an actress who many still remember as the epitome of style and elegance. The text offered an interesting but slightly unbalanced look at Audrey's life from her childhood to her old age. (A timeline at the back details key events that were not mentioned in the narrative.) However there are very few transitions with each page spread seeming to have little connection to the pages that come before or after. The overall effect was a very choppy story albeit one filled with interesting tidbits.
Denos' illustrations are gorgeous with beautiful details and color. The pictures all have a lovely sense of movement as Audrey "glides" through the pages.
There is certainly enough here to pique a child's interest about Audrey Hepburn but fans looking for more thorough information will have to find a different book.
This would be a fun addition to a "non-fiction" or "biography" themed storytime with it's large, bright pictures and relatively short text.
As the title suggests, this picture book is about Audrey Hepburn--her early life, her aspirations to become a ballerina, her success in Hollywood and her later-life work with UNICEF.
I love Audrey, who doesn't? Cardillo's text was an interesting insight into the background of an actress who many still remember as the epitome of style and elegance. The text offered an interesting but slightly unbalanced look at Audrey's life from her childhood to her old age. (A timeline at the back details key events that were not mentioned in the narrative.) However there are very few transitions with each page spread seeming to have little connection to the pages that come before or after. The overall effect was a very choppy story albeit one filled with interesting tidbits.
Denos' illustrations are gorgeous with beautiful details and color. The pictures all have a lovely sense of movement as Audrey "glides" through the pages.
There is certainly enough here to pique a child's interest about Audrey Hepburn but fans looking for more thorough information will have to find a different book.
This would be a fun addition to a "non-fiction" or "biography" themed storytime with it's large, bright pictures and relatively short text.
hannahjoy91's review against another edition
5.0
Along with adorable illustrations of Audrey, this book book is a brief timeline of Audrey's career and influence on us today.
rakishabpl's review against another edition
5.0
Just Being Audrey by Margaret Cardillo (and illustrated by Julia Denos) is an adorable children's biography of film star and human rigts activist Audrey Hepburn. In a scant 32 pages, Cardillo presents the life of Audrey Hepburn as a collection of qualities that children should strive to achieve--hard work; kindness; helping others; and self-acceptance. The illustrations are soft-colored and almost dreamlike. It is a beautiful book for every Audrey Hepburn fan (like myself) to own or a beautiful book to gift every children who ever felt as though they were too awkward (or untalented0 to fit in.
nesasaenz81's review against another edition
3.0
This was a cute introductory biography. The illustrations were spot on.
madelinefmcguire's review against another edition
5.0
A short illustrated biography about Audrey Hepburn.
The pictures are wonderful, and the book does a good job giving an overview of Audrey's life especially for a younger age. It doesn't get deep into her time during the Nazi regime and mostly focuses on what her dreams for her life were.
The pictures are wonderful, and the book does a good job giving an overview of Audrey's life especially for a younger age. It doesn't get deep into her time during the Nazi regime and mostly focuses on what her dreams for her life were.