Rating: 4* of five The Book Report: The book description says:“In The Conference of the Birds Caldecott Honor-winning children's book author and illustrator Peter Sís breathes new life into this foundational Sufi poem, revealing its profound lessons.Sís's deeply felt adaptation tells the story of a...
Like everyone else who has touched this book, the first thing I'm going to gush about is just how ridiculously gorgeous it is. It's a treat to hold, a very visceral reminder to any reader of the magic contained in books. Sís' first book for adults brought out in me that feel of anticipation upon o...
There are essentially two narratives that run through The Wall: the story of one artist's childhood experiences, told in an ongoing thread at the bottom of the pages and on several "journal" pages, and the broader narrative of life in the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War, told in dozens of caption-l...
The KitKatPandaBatWolf and I both enjoyed this enormously. She didn't know anything about the Cold War or the Iron Curtain, so I spent a lot of time explaining things as we went along. But she dearly loved the idea that The Beatles were in part responsible for bringing the wall down.
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