A review by divineblkpearl
Come, Read with Me by Margriet Ruurs

adventurous hopeful lighthearted

3.75

Come Read with Me, opens to book pages, dragons, mountains and smiling, 
happy faces. This children’s book follows the adventures of two small childreneagerly moving through many fictional 
worlds and the desire to read and be read to is framed as a great adventure,
itself. Newcomer illustrator Christine Wei’s artwork pops with color with all manner of objects and creatures that 
are fun to look at and young minds will love to point out. 

The two protagonist, two young girls or
 color, it looks like, move from page to 
page from magical setting to magical 
setting and I count it all joy to 
reread to catch all the finer details 
on the pages from the sloth hanging outin the corner of one page to the crafty animals stealing some lunch on one of the 
last pages. (there apparently enough literature references like Alice in wonderland to point out in the artwork but none of it feels consistent enough to carry through) Author Margriet Ruurs with over forty books credited to her, pens poetic verse to accompany the children on their way here in this tale. 

Come Read With Me opens with a loving embrace and ends with one, reading is presented as a loving but fun activity to do with other people you love--for the 
little ones present on the page--it is with a grownup. This title from Orca Books is perfect for the 3-5 age group but as picture books can we enjoyed by 
ALL age groups, I wouldn’t discourage a parent, an educator, librarian or vivacious 
reader the ability to purchase a 
copy for themselves.