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A review by sherri22
She Made a Monster: How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein by Lynn Fulton
5.0
Mary could hear the others still talking downstairs while she brushed her hair by candlelight, thinking of stories: stories she'd read, stories she'd heard, stories she wanted to tell.
She Made a Monster is a moment set in time about of a famous and in my opinion amazing writer, Mary Shelley. I enjoyed how Lynn Fulton told her retelling of the start of Mary Shelley's writing career. I did enjoy the art of this picture book. Felicita Sala's illustrations made the pages pop, again portraying her way of relying the story. Together it is a wonderful retelling and it makes me want to read/re-read biographies of this truly astonishing writer's life.
All around her she felt the power of words, and she hoped that someday she too would write something important. Something that would hit the world like a bolt of lightening splitting the night sky.
Update: I have read this twice, my first read was 4 stars but this picture books deserves 5 stars. I am looking forward to reading Lynn Fulton's source material for her book; Mary Shelley written by Miranda Seymour.
She Made a Monster is a moment set in time about of a famous and in my opinion amazing writer, Mary Shelley. I enjoyed how Lynn Fulton told her retelling of the start of Mary Shelley's writing career. I did enjoy the art of this picture book. Felicita Sala's illustrations made the pages pop, again portraying her way of relying the story. Together it is a wonderful retelling and it makes me want to read/re-read biographies of this truly astonishing writer's life.
All around her she felt the power of words, and she hoped that someday she too would write something important. Something that would hit the world like a bolt of lightening splitting the night sky.
Update: I have read this twice, my first read was 4 stars but this picture books deserves 5 stars. I am looking forward to reading Lynn Fulton's source material for her book; Mary Shelley written by Miranda Seymour.