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lsparrow's review against another edition
4.0
I love the imagination in this authors books and the kids always love the stories.
jmitschke's review against another edition
5.0
I think this one is more for older bookworms than for budding young bookworms, but it is gorgeous and beautifully executed either way. I completely swooned at the word art throughout.
tea_tales_tomes's review against another edition
3.0
Beautifully written and beautifully illustrated but I feel that this is a book more geared toward adults than children. It's nuanced illustrations will delight adult readers but might go over the heads of little kids.
margaretmechinus's review against another edition
1.0
I think this is only a book for adults who loved books as a child. The illustrations are made up of text from classic children’s books, but the text is so small that only adults would see or be interested to look further. It didn’t inspire me and wouldn’t inspire a child.
bibliovolubile's review against another edition
5.0
Parce qu'au fond de chaque enfant se cache un aventurier qui s'ignore...
Pour lire le billet que j'ai écrit sur Lili les merveilles, au sujet de ce livre, c'est par ici!
http://www.lililesmerveilles.com/2016/12/a-child-of-books.html
[To read my Lili les merveilles' blog post about this book, follow the above link - post is in French]
Pour lire le billet que j'ai écrit sur Lili les merveilles, au sujet de ce livre, c'est par ici!
http://www.lililesmerveilles.com/2016/12/a-child-of-books.html
[To read my Lili les merveilles' blog post about this book, follow the above link - post is in French]
carolpk's review against another edition
A sea of imagination, a sea of words, a world of stories; A Child of Books. Some people may have forgotten where they live, these words, though I doubt this is you, my friends on GoodReads. Take the journey anyway, sail away with Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston, for this trip is free.
This creatively worded and stunningly illustrated blend of fairytales and children’s classics handed down in time is a tribute to writing, to authors, to children, to readers, to the minds of thinkers. Irresistible.
This creatively worded and stunningly illustrated blend of fairytales and children’s classics handed down in time is a tribute to writing, to authors, to children, to readers, to the minds of thinkers. Irresistible.
kelleemoye's review against another edition
5.0
Full review with teaching tools: http://www.unleashingreaders.com/?p=11272
Oliver Jeffers has a way of writing such thought-provoking books with beautiful artwork that are just a bit weird yet so brilliant that you can’t help but reading it over and over. I know that sounds like such a fan girl review, but if you’ve read any of his books, you know exactly what I am talking about. Jeffers’s newest book is no exception. This book is about how stories can carry you wherever your imagination can imagine. The brilliance of actually using words from classic books to carry the main character on her journey shows how all of these books have carried so many readers on adventures that only an author’s imagination mixed with the reader’s imagination could take them on.
Beautiful.
Oliver Jeffers has a way of writing such thought-provoking books with beautiful artwork that are just a bit weird yet so brilliant that you can’t help but reading it over and over. I know that sounds like such a fan girl review, but if you’ve read any of his books, you know exactly what I am talking about. Jeffers’s newest book is no exception. This book is about how stories can carry you wherever your imagination can imagine. The brilliance of actually using words from classic books to carry the main character on her journey shows how all of these books have carried so many readers on adventures that only an author’s imagination mixed with the reader’s imagination could take them on.
Beautiful.
mezzosherri's review against another edition
5.0
BEAUTIFUL. A hymn to the wonders of reading and stories, with two illustrated characters romping through a series of typographical landscapes, imaginatively rendered by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston.