The Long, Long Letter

Rating:
Summary: Doesn't go with the flow!
Review: I bought this book because I enjoy David Catrow's wonderfully vivid illustrations. For a book with a delightful message to match, please see ''Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon'' a must-read for any child struggling with self-acceptance. Elizabeth Spurr's writing in this book, however, stutters and starts...flowing and rhyming on one page then reaching on another. It's not half as fun to read as I'd hoped.

Rating:
Summary: Quirky and entertaining
Review: I love this book! I checked it out from the library while on vacation, read it to the kids, and loved it so much that I ordered it from Amazon as soon as I returned home. The prose is pretty and lyrical and the illustrations are colorful and inviting. The story is about a lonly aunt waiting for a letter from her family, when it finally arrives the overwhelmed aunt receives help from everyone in her town and she is no longer lonely. It gently inspires kids to reach out to those around them.

Rating:
Summary: Quirky and entertaining
Review: I love this book! I checked it out from the library while on vacation, read it to the kids, and loved it so much that I ordered it from Amazon as soon as I returned home. The prose is pretty and lyrical and the illustrations are colorful and inviting. The story is about a lonly aunt waiting for a letter from her family, when it finally arrives the overwhelmed aunt receives help from everyone in her town and she is no longer lonely. It gently inspires kids to reach out to those around them.