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little_silver's review against another edition
2.0
The illustrations are fantastic - there are pages I would love to hang as art! However, the meandering text just doesn't do it for me. It has this sort of stream-of-consciousness, impressionistic feel and it's not cohesive enough for me to really pick up a thread. Is it a color book? Seasons? Family? I don't really know. I'm not sure who this book is for.
stenaros's review against another edition
3.0
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Beautiful illustrations and a meditation on color.
Beautiful illustrations and a meditation on color.
teddancin's review against another edition
4.0
This book is so beautiful. I'm not sure if this will keep a child's attention though. I thought the ending was really lovely and poetic, but leading up to it was just okay.
bookshelfkeeps's review against another edition
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
I picked this book up during a break at work — it being a picture board book it did not take long to finish. I am always in awe of those who author children’s books. Those who appeal to both the child with the image, and also the adults with the story (and perhaps the children a little later). This book reflects on color, how we perceive it, how it changes, and the possibilities it holds. I loved it.
jessalynn_librarian's review against another edition
5.0
June 2018 - the artwork is absolutely stunning, and the text is nice, too. My only quibble is the turn the story takes right at the end, which doesn't seem to quite connect to the beginning themes. Ben especially liked the spread where she turns into a tree.
azajacks's review against another edition
5.0
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leslie_d's review against another edition
5.0
They Say Blue is the kind of picture book you need to balance all those books about manners. That isn’t to say it’s a book of mischief (though we should always have plenty of those). It’s just one that engages with the world and our childhood in the loveliest of ways.
They Say Blue is about play, imagination, investigation, questioning what we are told. And to persist, even if one flight of fancy is deflated by a downpour.
"I could never build a boat light enough to sail on a golden ocean.
It’s just plain old yellow grass anyway."
More energetic flights are dense with image, action, and words; then Tamaki will shift pace with darker tones, larger images, fewer, quieter words.
One of my favorite spreads is about the crows the girl and her adult are looking at from the window:
We wonder what
They are thinking
When they look at us.
What they see.
Their dark eyes won’t tell.
They just pull their big bodies into the air.
The book is carries a rhythm of its own, perhaps closer to that of a child’s moods during the course of a day or in the course of season. Paired with nature, there is suggestion that a child’s desire to explore it is also natural. And in the discovery, there are things we discover about ourselves.
https://contemplatrix.wordpress.com/2018/11/14/i-say/
They Say Blue is about play, imagination, investigation, questioning what we are told. And to persist, even if one flight of fancy is deflated by a downpour.
"I could never build a boat light enough to sail on a golden ocean.
It’s just plain old yellow grass anyway."
More energetic flights are dense with image, action, and words; then Tamaki will shift pace with darker tones, larger images, fewer, quieter words.
One of my favorite spreads is about the crows the girl and her adult are looking at from the window:
We wonder what
They are thinking
When they look at us.
What they see.
Their dark eyes won’t tell.
They just pull their big bodies into the air.
The book is carries a rhythm of its own, perhaps closer to that of a child’s moods during the course of a day or in the course of season. Paired with nature, there is suggestion that a child’s desire to explore it is also natural. And in the discovery, there are things we discover about ourselves.
https://contemplatrix.wordpress.com/2018/11/14/i-say/
careinthelibrary's review against another edition
3.0
I picked up this because I really loved Our Little Kitchen. This one has beautiful illustrations and poetic writing. Not a new favourite, but definitely check it out if you love pretty picture books.