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faeriedrumsong's review
3.0
would be great for a readers theater production.
text doesn't match the audio exactly, so that might throw some readers off. it illustrates how the written word doesn't always transfer to the spoken word naturally.
the voice actors are great, of course, but the novelty of the particular actors chosen for each character will likely be lost on most kids.
also, there are whole chunks of text on the audio but not in the book. the moth through line has transitions between characters on the audio that are not printed.
Robin Williams as a gassy jester is bound to cause laughter with grade school fart humor.
the joke of Calvin Klein as underwear is definitely a pun for parents.
it is longish - working best as an audio performance with supplementary book than as a book with extra audio.
the art is nice, if a little disjointed. each character has a new artist,so the moth is the only repeat style. cool on paper, but there are too many characterizations and the styles of many are similar enough that the gimmick of different styles doesn't really work for me.
text doesn't match the audio exactly, so that might throw some readers off. it illustrates how the written word doesn't always transfer to the spoken word naturally.
the voice actors are great, of course, but the novelty of the particular actors chosen for each character will likely be lost on most kids.
also, there are whole chunks of text on the audio but not in the book. the moth through line has transitions between characters on the audio that are not printed.
Robin Williams as a gassy jester is bound to cause laughter with grade school fart humor.
the joke of Calvin Klein as underwear is definitely a pun for parents.
it is longish - working best as an audio performance with supplementary book than as a book with extra audio.
the art is nice, if a little disjointed. each character has a new artist,so the moth is the only repeat style. cool on paper, but there are too many characterizations and the styles of many are similar enough that the gimmick of different styles doesn't really work for me.
kellie_00's review against another edition
4.0
This is one of those books that I have grown up with. I haven't read it and had a critical thinking but re-reading it now as a 17-year-old it's weird how much I got from this book. It isn't amazing but I think it is one of the most important child stories because it has a deeper meaning!
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