I enjoy the work of Cynthia Rylant. Her quirky characters and fun language allow her to write for multiple ages. I knew of, but had not read a lot of her Lighthouse Family series. I picked up The Bear (the eighth book) the other day and finally read it last night. First, if you are going to read this book, read the others first. I felt a few pieces of information were missing. While there was a recap of who Pandora, Seabold and their family […]
Life
Dealing with Life (a beautiful, changing, not easy thing) this author/illustrator team have created a lovely work that is truly poetic. Author Cynthia Rylant and Brendan Wenzel (illustrator) have created a home run out of the park with Life. While there is a lot of heartache to Life they show that there is a lot of good, too. The illustrations accent and compliment the text without over powering them. After reading, and the ever bookseller, my brain did its check list: Do I like this? […]