Reviews

Home Alone: The Classic Illustrated Storybook by

oekler's review

5.0

I am obsessed with these illustrated classics! They do such a good job at summarizing the story and the pictures are so great!

bryanlmurillo's review

4.0

Las ilustraciones están re hermosas. La historia es la versión simplificada de la película.

awesomeemo's review against another edition

4.0

Sweet interpretation of the classic film.

thesgtrekkiereads's review

4.0

I could picture the scenes in my head. Love this movie.. ahhh when Maccy boy was cute..

hobbes199's review

4.0

Beautiful, nostalgic, and a wonderful interpretation of a holiday classic. Would love to see more.

imjustcupcake's review

4.0

This is a fun little book based off of the Home Alone movie. That being said, it doesn't have a lot of what the movie does. This book is a much much shorter version. It is cute though.

The illustrations are very nicely done. Very bright and fun to look at.

I am sorry that I don't have too much to say about this one. I thought it was very nicely done. I haven't watched the movie in a very long time, but I know that this book doesn't have most of what goes on in the story. It is a picture book though, so having the entire story it in would make it insanely long and tough to get through for story time.

This review is based on an eARC provided by the publisher via Edelweiss in exchange for a fair and honest review.

luthien3720's review

4.0

Home Alone was part of the fabric of my childhood; I saw both movies many, many times, and I was nearly the same age as the character Kevin McCallister. This book is a lovely retelling of the movie's story, necessarily simplified for the picture book format. The illustrations are absolutely beautiful; for example, Kevin's utter delight when he realizes "I made my family disappear!" Kim Smith's illustration perfectly captures the feeling of the moment in the movie, without being a copy of the film (famously Macaulay Culkin waggles his eyebrows knowingly at the fourth wall, but that would never work in book format). The only thing left out is showing why Kevin was left behind, and his family, specifically his mother's, attempts to get home to him. But this is very minor (though I would have loved to have seen Smith's illustration of John Candy (Gus). The illustration of Kate McCallister, Kevin's mother, did look a bit on the 21st-century side in her hair and clothing, whereas in the movie she's very 80s "Dynasty"-looking, which is part of the movie's charm. It's practically a period piece nowadays.

Now, where's the Classic Illustrated Storybook of Home Alone 2: Lost in New York? I will buy it, Quirk Books!