Thank you to NetGalley and Tilbury House Publishers for providing a digital ARC. But I just can't see this appealing to children. If this were aimed at adults, I might've given it a higher rating. Kids might enjoy looking at the illustrations, but are they really going to want to sit and listen to what is, essentially, a really long free-verse poem? But, again, there's that mismatch with the audience. The pictures are cute and really highlight the text nicely. But the vocabulary is just too much, and I don't know how many kids would sit through something that's so wordy. The words are evocative, and I like the way each flowery description of a shade of brown is tied back to the little girl narrating the story. Were I to have viewed it as something aimed at adults, I probably would've liked it better. This is yet another picture book for adults disguised as one for children. Like honey harvested from the hive in Auntie's yard.Ī sacred, healing elixir, a balm for beleagueredīorn from the billowing bustle of industriousīees, stretching into a soft, squiggly line as it
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