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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
I love the fairytale like plot. The pictures are charming and Bloom is sweet. This could be a nice read aloud.
Cute story with an important message about believing in oneself. Fairly text heavy, so better for a one-on-one read aloud.
GIRL POWER to the max! David Small crafts incredible illustrations to accompany Cronin's empowering text. Small's interpretation of the glass city is rendered in insubstantial blue watercolors, which shows where the true fragility lies, not, as the royal court states, with Bloom, the muddy fairy that protects the kingdom with her magic until their ingratitude drives her away to live in the woods by herself. The glass kingdom, however, is falling apart, and it takes a small "ordinary" girl to do what the king and queen have failed: the extraordinary.
A modern-day fairy tale that celebrates the power of getting your hands dirty.
A modern-day fairy tale that celebrates the power of getting your hands dirty.
Interesting theme, not quite sure it makes the point though, interesting use of font, illustrations are lovely
"There is no such thing as an ordinary girl". A picture book with a fairy, King, Queen, castle, mud, and girl power!
"Tell them there is no such thing as an ordinary girl."
After attempts from the highest of royalty fail, a young, delicate, ordinary girl is sent into the woods to ask a "magical creature, gone so many years before" for help. The young girl is taught skills and uses those skills to take charge and save the kingdom.
Reading this reminded me of when I was a child and I was told stories of Br'er Rabbit and Aesop's Fables. I don't consider [b:Bloom|25785835|Bloom|Doreen Cronin|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1454864009s/25785835.jpg|45636487] to be about trickery or mischief but instead to be more didactic in nature; they all include lessons in not judging a person by their appearance and learning from each other.
Bloom's illustrations are gorgeous. [a:David Small|104017|David Small|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1201029211p2/104017.jpg] has created beautiful illustrations out of watercolor and ink. They are impish and bright and cheerful. The illustrations fit the story very well- the flowers bloom up pink and lush and lovely, the mud splats across the page and the glass castle crumbles into sharp jagged bits. The story is interesting and quite fun but I feel like the illustrations are where Bloom really shines.
A very cute story. Ended a little too abruptly for me though. The illustrations are beautiful.
Bloom by Doreen Cronin is a cautionary tale about losing touch with the natural world, and with building things from scratch. The Glass Kingdom is slowly falling to pieces after many years of severing ties with the Mud Fairy. They are desperate to gain her favor but they don't know how.
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