The story is very close to the original Brothers Grimm fairytale minus the out-of-wedlock pregnancy and twins so it was pretty much your average Rapunzel story. The illustrations were beautiful, especially the silhouette style of art. Gibb doesn't draw faces terribly well, but she does okay. And t...
Beautiful illustrations, most especially the silhouette pages, with the exception of the Beast, who was ugly but not even in a prettily-drawn ugly sort-of way. The story was hardly an exceptional retelling, the dialogue wasn't great, and I fail to see how exactly Beauty ever fell in love with the Be...
Gorgeous illustrations, whimsical and charming, with some superb coloring and wonderful silhouettes. The story is cute and sweet, though I found the Princess and the Jester's first real conversation to be highly improbable. Alas. But seeing as one can hardly create a believable romance in less than ...
I almost gave this a miss because it is so so pink, but actually the illustrations are lovely. Gibb alternates between standard-style illustrations reminiscent of Jane Ray and Barbara Cooney and silhouettes a la Jan Pienlowski. The color pages are beautiful and detailed, and the silhouettes convey ...
Sarah Gibb retells the old story of Rapunzel yet another time, this time with illustrations in which all the highlights, flowers, curtains, clothes on the line, are pink. Even the pages with text seem to have a slightly pink tint. Gibb’s version is a compelling version, with drama and romance and te...
Emily Windsnap lives on a boat with her mother. She's never known her father. She's also never swum before. Imagine, living on a boat and not knowing how to swim! But when Emily's mother finally allows her to take lessons, Emily learns something truly amazing about herself--something that's thri...
I fucking hate this book. I'm about to go on a cuss-driven attack, and I'm going to hide my hate under cover of spoiler, so if you don't like cussing, you can go somewhere else and think about magical unicorns or something, because this is not the review for you. God bless.This book is a bunch of fu...
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