A simple, beautiful retelling of an ancient story. The illustrations are lovely as well, though this comes as no surprise when Demi is the illustrator.
I've really enjoyed Demi's work in the past - particularly her biography of Alexander The Great. This one is very thorough and the illustrations as lovely as one would expect from Demi, but it is extremely text heavy and (I think) not a great introduction on the topic of Buddha or Buddhism. The 'bio...
A worthy picture book biography of Alexander the Great - not a super easy topic to tackle in this format. Demi's signature illustrations with gold detailing are well suited to this topic and it's evident she did good research. A few of my favorite things about this book are:A) The endpapers - whic...
A very shiny (literally) retelling of two king Midas stories: the asses ears and the golden touch. The illustrations were pretty lacking in emotional impact.
Ugh! I hate Math! A Mathematical Folktale? Double ugh! Numbers and their dull precision don't belong in the magical world of storybooks! Well, you learn something new every day! This is a completely delightful and distinctly UN-boring tale that pits the greed of a raja against the wits of a vi...
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