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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
Fun! My kid and I enjoyed reading this together even though he’s now in middle school.
A cool quartet of intersecting stories. You could spend a long time talking about the connections between stories and even the title.
So intriguing, and I'll admit I was still trying to piece things together when I finished the book. But that open-ended element makes it great f0r kids to flex their imaginative skills!
A series of four separate stories sharing a common thread (that's the mystery element). This reminds me of a beloved wordless book from my childhood: Thirteen. This is not as good as that. Strikes me as a book trying too hard to be clever.
I'd forgotten how cool, if insanely confusing, this book is!
I need to read this book with a group of kids. I have a feeling my encumbered adult brain is missing a whole heckuva lot.
It seems crazy, but this is four stories being told simultaneously. It doesn't completely make sense, but it's really fun and the kind of book you'll want to read over and over again. Definitely for the more sophisticated picture book crowd.
I love when an author can subvert the picture-book format and make something unexpected and intriguing out of it. My favorite example is Chris Van Allsburg’s The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, and David Macauley’s Black and White is now another favorite. The book invites multiple ways of reading and rereading, and though it suggests connections among all the stories presented, there is no twist or reveal at the end that gives The Answer. Such fun!