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Cautionary Tales For Children
Wonderful witty poems great for reading to your children. The stories and rhymes will stay with them for the rest of their lives.
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Emily the Strange
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Beautifully designed and put together, Emily the Strange is just one of those books that is lovely to own and look at and read, whoever you are.
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July 16, 2008 |
Date posted July 16, 2008 |
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Emily The Strange
Cosmic Debris
One of a series short graphic books, suitable for reading to children from about 6 years old and for self reading from about 8 years old. . . .
I spotted this book in a comic shop in Barcelona when I was there with my daughter. Even in Spanish, a language I don’t speak, I was spellbound by its graphic style. Funnily enough it wasn’t so much as a dad that I recognised Emily’s outlook on life, but more the boy in me remembering what I thought about girls when I was a kid and how impossible it was to fathom out what they were thinking or why they did the things they did. As a grown-up, the story still resonates with me on this level. . . .
And there’s the funny thing about this beautiful little book, because it captures that feeling so well, it appeals equally to girls and women, in that they identify (in part at least) so strongly with Emily. That said, it’s so beautifully designed and put together that it’s just one of those books that is lovely to own and look at, whoever you are.
Emily doesn’t search to belong. . .
. . . she searches to be lost.
Emily isn’t lazy. . .
. . . she’s just happy doing nothing.
Ring any bells?
I bought the Spanish copy of the book, but when I got home I found it straight away on Amazon in English, but then there is some charm to looking at an elegantly drawn picture book in a language you don’t understand, I mean, who could resist:
“Emily no es vaga. . .
. . .le encanta no hacer nada.
I certainly couldn’t.
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Previous Reviews
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Cautionary Tales For Children
Wonderful witty poems great for reading to your children. The stories and rhymes will stay with them for the rest of their lives.
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Emily the Strange
Beautifully designed and put together, Emily the Strange is just one of those books that is lovely to own and look at and read, whoever you are.
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Gormenghast
Stunningly written modern day classic that knocks Potter and Middle Earth into a cocked hat, this sumptuously described and gorgeously dark tale is filled to bursting with fascinating characters
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Stardust
A superbly realised fairytale for the modern viewer with more than enough action intrigue and good old fashioned entertainment values for all the family for repeated viewings
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Fablehaven
If you liked Spiderwick, HP and Artemis Fowl, then you'll love Fablehaven, with its intelligent, funny and well paced writing, it's more than a match for any of them.
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The Alchemist
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
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The Dads' Book
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My Neighbour Totoro
The story feels like it has been woven together with an elegance and beauty that is almost totally lacking in western animated films: A perfect film for a father to watch with his kids
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Lego Star Wars II
A great game, witty and engaging and suitable for all ages, Lego Star Wars II is designed for two players, who each have their own character, that have to work together to be successful.
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