A review by swinchester234
Shadow by Marcia Brown

3.0

Shadow is a children’s book originally written by Blaise Cendrars in French. This book was translated into English and illustrated by Marcia Brown. This book won the 1983 Caldecott Award for those illustrations. In this book, a shadow is being personified in the form of poetry. It tells a story about how a shadow comes to life in the night and retreats during the day and also how it follows us everywhere. I think the pictures in the book were worthy of the award they won because they are original and show the relationship between dark and bright colors on each other. As a future teacher, I have mixed feelings about this book because it is a wonderful depiction of African story telling. However, children might feel intimidated and even afraid of the way the shadow is being portrayed in the story. This could be read to an older group of children, but certainly not a younger one because they are more likely to be scared of the images and idea of the book.