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jembrickner's review against another edition
2.0
I don't think I found the correct cadence with which to read it. Maybe if I heard it I would appreciate it more. I loved the illustrations, though, and think it would be a good wordless book.
witchofthemountains's review against another edition
2.0
I was so taken with the artistic style in this book that I really, really wanted to like it. Alas, that was not the case. The rhyming scheme grated on me and I felt like it was a book for grownups masquerading as a child's book. Not in terms of content; the content was perfectly suited for a child's book. The writing was just at a very strange level. The words themselves we kept simplistic but the cadence of the rhyming pattern was not easy to follow and the balance of words on each page was too heavy for readers as young as the small words would appeal too, but too small for older readers.
jessalynn_librarian's review against another edition
4.0
October 2016 - Ben had lots of ideas about what was happening in the pictures and loved the cat. I love the illustrations.
thehodgenator's review against another edition
4.0
If you have a new reader in your home, I recommend this. I remember my little man reading to me using the pictures in the book.
I collect witchy tales, especially children's books, so I had to have this. Illustrations are fab but the story is just okay.
I collect witchy tales, especially children's books, so I had to have this. Illustrations are fab but the story is just okay.
jembrickner's review
2.0
I don't think I found the correct cadence with which to read it. Maybe if I heard it I would appreciate it more. I loved the illustrations, though, and think it would be a good wordless book.
toad_maiden's review against another edition
3.0
I loved these illustrations, with their unusual color palate, but the verse was really off-base.
xterminal's review against another edition
4.0
Alison McGhee, Only a Witch Can Fly (Feiwel and Friends, 2009)
There's a great celtic-rock band from Canada called Enter the Haggis that not nearly enough people are familiar with. On their first album, Let the Wind Blow High, back in 1999, there's a song called “Skyswimmer”. On an album full of solid songs, it's my favorite, and I'm telling you about it because if you like this book, you definitely need to check that song out, which covers some of this same ground, though from a much bleaker perspective (“he told me in a cardboard tone how once ago he long had flown...”). McGhee, of course, is writing for the kidlit set, and keeps things light. All well and good, and the verse that drives the action is a fine reflection of our protagonist's determination—almost a chant. The “if at first you don't succeed” message at the bottom of this is well-presented, and Taeeyun Yoo's illustrations bring Maurice Sendak to mind. I liked this one. *** 1/2
There's a great celtic-rock band from Canada called Enter the Haggis that not nearly enough people are familiar with. On their first album, Let the Wind Blow High, back in 1999, there's a song called “Skyswimmer”. On an album full of solid songs, it's my favorite, and I'm telling you about it because if you like this book, you definitely need to check that song out, which covers some of this same ground, though from a much bleaker perspective (“he told me in a cardboard tone how once ago he long had flown...”). McGhee, of course, is writing for the kidlit set, and keeps things light. All well and good, and the verse that drives the action is a fine reflection of our protagonist's determination—almost a chant. The “if at first you don't succeed” message at the bottom of this is well-presented, and Taeeyun Yoo's illustrations bring Maurice Sendak to mind. I liked this one. *** 1/2
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