Showing posts with label Taeeun Yoo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Taeeun Yoo. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Only a Witch Can Fly by Alison McGhee


Rating: WORTHY!

It's the right time of year for some Halloween books, so I'm posting three children's book reviews on my blog today. The first is this one, written poetically by Alison McGhee, and illustrated gorgeously in suitably earthy tones by Taeeun Yoo. I love the way the poetic meter trips along from page to page irreverently as the young wannabe witch dreams of flying, and tries to fly but falls, yet she doesn't give up. She's aiming high and she's confident she'll get there. A nice easy listening book to read to your kids. I think they might have chosen a better font to write in - the 'f' looks like an 'i' and caught me out a couple of times, as I tried to figure out what the heck word it was in, but aside from that, I recommend this completely.