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"Fancy Nancy Bonjour Butterfly", "Beautiful Blackbird" and "Inky's Amazing Escape"
Animals ruled this week in fact and fold tale and fantasy.
Inky's Amazing Escape
5 stars
Author: Sy Montgomery
Illustrator: Amy Schimler-Safford
Octopi are fascinating characters. This is the tale of a real octopus injured, captured, displayed in an aquarium. One night Inky found his way out of the tank and, using amazing octopus methods, escaped back into the ocean.
The illustrations are fun. All the fish and creatures, including Inky, are recognizable, but are cute too.
The book ends with pages giving some of the amazing things about octopi, curious, intelligent and very different from people.
Beautiful Blackbird
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Ashley Bryan
This award winning book is a retelling of an Indian legend explaining how the birds got the black highlights on their feathers.
Originally only blackbird is black. All other birds are other colors. These birds admire the beautiful black color and ask blackbird to share some with them.
The illustrations are paper collages. Their stylized nature reflects the folktale theme of the book. They are wonderful examples of this art medium.
Fancy Nancy Bonjour Butterfly
5 stars
Author: Jane O'Connor
Illustrator: Robin Preiss Glasser
Fancy Nancy loves to dress up. Her best friend Bree loves butterflies. So does Nancy and the two are decorating everything with an eye toward butterflies.
The illustrations capture the fancy aspect of Nancy and Bree. Their rooms, dress and surroundings are fanciful and gorgeous.
One of the special touches of these books are the introductions to French words and English words beyond the usual descriptions.
Inky's Amazing Escape
5 stars
Author: Sy Montgomery
Illustrator: Amy Schimler-Safford
Octopi are fascinating characters. This is the tale of a real octopus injured, captured, displayed in an aquarium. One night Inky found his way out of the tank and, using amazing octopus methods, escaped back into the ocean.
The illustrations are fun. All the fish and creatures, including Inky, are recognizable, but are cute too.
The book ends with pages giving some of the amazing things about octopi, curious, intelligent and very different from people.
Beautiful Blackbird
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Ashley Bryan
This award winning book is a retelling of an Indian legend explaining how the birds got the black highlights on their feathers.
Originally only blackbird is black. All other birds are other colors. These birds admire the beautiful black color and ask blackbird to share some with them.
The illustrations are paper collages. Their stylized nature reflects the folktale theme of the book. They are wonderful examples of this art medium.
Fancy Nancy Bonjour Butterfly
5 stars
Author: Jane O'Connor
Illustrator: Robin Preiss Glasser
Fancy Nancy loves to dress up. Her best friend Bree loves butterflies. So does Nancy and the two are decorating everything with an eye toward butterflies.
The illustrations capture the fancy aspect of Nancy and Bree. Their rooms, dress and surroundings are fanciful and gorgeous.
One of the special touches of these books are the introductions to French words and English words beyond the usual descriptions.
