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mbrandmaier's review against another edition
4.0
The illustrations are so amazingly bright that they made me blink a lot. I was perturbed by the fact that the cover is twice the size of the pages inside.
jessalynn_librarian's review against another edition
3.0
August 2016 - Lois Ehlert is hit or miss for me - I always admire what she's doing with shapes and colors and textures, but I don't always particularly like her books. This one doesn't do anything for me aesthetically, but Ben picked it out and keeps choosing it over and over, so it definitely works on its intended audience.
pussreboots's review against another edition
3.0
My children are fans of Lois Ehlert. They discovered her books independently of each other. My son found her through Eating the Alphabet (1996) and Planting a Rainbow (1988). My daughter found her through her illustrations of the Chicka Chicka Boom Boom series by Bill Martin Jr.
Harriet's latest pick from the library is Circus. Ehlert's usual bold and geometric illustrations are taken to a new extreme. They are so saturated that they are almost hard on the eyes. All the pictures are set against a black background which intensifies the affect.
Although she liked sitting through the story to see all the different circus acts she decided not to re-read it. That makes a first for an Ehlert book. Typically we'll read it once together, then she'll look at the illustrations by herself and then ask me to re-read, all in close succession.
Harriet's latest pick from the library is Circus. Ehlert's usual bold and geometric illustrations are taken to a new extreme. They are so saturated that they are almost hard on the eyes. All the pictures are set against a black background which intensifies the affect.
Although she liked sitting through the story to see all the different circus acts she decided not to re-read it. That makes a first for an Ehlert book. Typically we'll read it once together, then she'll look at the illustrations by herself and then ask me to re-read, all in close succession.
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