This slim volume contains four stories, with a high proportion of space taken up by illustrations (that I like a lot.) Three were written for Cummings' daughter, Nancy and one (much later, obviously) for his grandson. This one, The Elephant and the Butterfly, was my favourite. Elephants were Cumming...
4 starsThis was a random checkout from the library. Loved the art, the story was interesting as well.
Such an adorable collection! It's made for kids, so the poems are mostly short and all cute, as are the accompanying illustrations.I love the ocean, so I really had to pick this up when I saw it. It's the size of a typical picture book at just 32 pages. The poems felt a little stacked all over each ...
I LOVE LEGENDS.
What can one say about a cat-lover's book where the writer eats a cat?Would you be surprised that he doesn't show any real evidence of liking cats? The subtitle is also lifted, almost word-for-word from another cat book by a different writer published 7 years earlier. Maybe the writer changed his id...
A beautiful story imagining the life of Wu Daozi, considered by many to be China's greatest painter.
Great story about an extraordinarily intelligent grey parrot and the friendship between he and his researcher.
Wonderful poems and stunning illustrations.
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