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A review by jbolwerk8
Two for One by Kate DiCamillo, Alison McGhee
3.0
Bink and Gollie are two friends that decide to go to the fair. They play fair games, try out the talent show, and have their future seen by a psychic. Even though the events of the day didn’t turn out the best, Bink and Gollie know at the end of the day that they will always be friends.
I don’t know if I was missing something, but there were a lot of connections that I had to draw myself as the reader, rather than having them drawn for me, which could be very confusing for an early reader. You also had to pay close attention to both the pictures and the words to get the whole story. The theme of friendship is cute, but this read much differently than other early readers in that it had “chapters,” but each chapter was actually a different story (without any transition), just in the same setting. This would need to be a book an adult reads to a child in my opinion, as the text is not easily readable or familiar, and the images are very heavy and detailed. That being said, I do like the artwork; it is very well done.
I don’t know if I was missing something, but there were a lot of connections that I had to draw myself as the reader, rather than having them drawn for me, which could be very confusing for an early reader. You also had to pay close attention to both the pictures and the words to get the whole story. The theme of friendship is cute, but this read much differently than other early readers in that it had “chapters,” but each chapter was actually a different story (without any transition), just in the same setting. This would need to be a book an adult reads to a child in my opinion, as the text is not easily readable or familiar, and the images are very heavy and detailed. That being said, I do like the artwork; it is very well done.