Ebook Another Christian Robinson 9781534421677 Books

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Product details Age Range 4 - 8 years Grade Level Preschool - 3 Hardcover 56 pages Publisher Atheneum Books for Young Readers (March 5, 2019) Language English ISBN-10 153442167X

Another Christian Robinson 9781534421677 Books Reviews

• First, this is a beautifully crafted book, like all of Christian Robinson’s illustrations. He has such a distinct and creative style. I also love wordless picture books because there can be so many different interpretations of the story, depending on who’s reading the book. This book, will definitely spark questions, conversations, and unique interpretations. I enjoyed the exploration of another “universe” where children explore and play with their doppelgangers. Quite a complex and fun picture book that is good for multiple readings.
• Beautiful Book! My daughter Loves it!
• "another" may be the first science fiction wordless picture book I've yet encountered. Robinson's adorable smiling little girl -- how I love the round bobbles in her hair ! -- awakens to find that her equally adorable cat has departed her bedroom through a hole into another dimension, in pursuit of a mirror image cat who has stolen her cat's toy mouse. After a bit of a journey through this happy dimension, full of adorable children playing fun games, she encounters her own mirror image, equally cute and head bobbled. They smile at one another, the mirror image returns the stolen toy, and the little girl heads back home through her hole.
  
  I found this book delightful and of course recommend it for all library collections. Wordless picture books are among my favorites, and there have been many beautiful examples in the last few years, Caldecott winners too. However, I've found that it's sometimes hard for parents to understand what they're supposed to do with a wordless picture book. They can't just open the page and start reading text. They have to do a little more work than that. The story is literally NOT spelled out. But especially in this age where icon literacy becomes more and more important all the time, wordless picture books such as this one, of such high quality, are a great way to encourage interaction between looking and understanding stories through pictures. "What's happening?" "Where do you suppose they're going?" "Was that on the last page?" "What's different?" are all some questions to be asked.
  
  This is such a lovely book.
• This is a wordless book that I liked yet I felt that it was missing something. The illustrations were wonderfully done with bright, bold colors and simple lines. It was the storylines that went through my head, as I flipped through the pages, that confused me. I went over this children’s book numerous times, looking at it a variety of ways and still, I’m puzzled.
  
  As a girl slept in her bed with her cat (with a red collar) looking out her window, a bright porthole opened up in her room. Soon, another cat identical to the one lying on the bed (this one had a blue collar on) popped through the porthole and snatched the red toy mouse that was lying on the bedroom floor. Crawling back through the porthole, the cat carries the mouse, who is now followed by the first cat and the girl, who has awakened and seems curious to what is happening.
  
  It seems that they have entered another world as gravity for one, is not the same. There are other differences but what I like is that this world is not too busy, the pages aren’t overflowing with colors and activities. The pages have a great flow to them and you can follow what is happening. There are geometric shapes throughout the pages yet no definite pattern.
  
  Perhaps I am reading too much into this book. Perhaps I wanted too much from this book. I do feel that it would be beneficial a child who reads this book to talk about it someone. I think discussing it with someone, they might discover something they missed in the book or a different view.
• With whimsical and colorful illustrations, this book leads through a flip-flop of perspective.
  
  The best part of this book is the illustrations, but considering there are no words, that isn't surprising. The artwork is simple yet hits every moment spot on and allows young listeners to dive into the world. The moments and things depicted are ones which most young listeners can easily identify with and connect to. It's fun to get lost in the scenes and try to discover what they mean. The little girl is super cute, and it's hard not to love her cat.
  
  Without reading the blurb or description to this book, it can be confusing and appears to be a strange journey or dream of a young girl. She steps through portals with her cat to find things backwards or flip-flopped or simply other children doing things. And yet, all of this happens at a rather slow and purposefully laid out step-by-step. And this is where it is very important to know what the author wants before reading. Through the portrayal of stepping into another perspective and viewing things at other angles—in this case, often upside down—the listeners are given time to contemplate and recognize what it might mean. But this can't as easily be done without the 'reader' gently leading the listeners into the discovery. Still, it does invite kids to consider and dream and wonder.
  
  This is a lovely book to flip through and get lost in thought. It's not a direct narrative but beautifully done. Young readers will enjoy discovering this journey and each take something different away from it.
  
  I received a complimentary copy. While the illustrations are a definite 5 stars, the story hits more of a 3. So I'm averaging it out to a 4 star review.