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misspippireads's review against another edition
5.0
A funny little book that showcases photographs of yesteryear. It's a book that inspires you to find your own photos of your loved ones standing on the lawn. The photographs are from the MoMA collection and Maira Kalman shared artwork she created inspired by the photographs. I would love to see more books using this technique of a poem with historical, yet miscellaneous photos.
Reviewed from a library copy.
Reviewed from a library copy.
melinda1962's review against another edition
4.0
I have so many old photographs like these that I was looking to see who they were.
arundlestl's review against another edition
4.0
Something about this books is so bizarrely profound. Maybe because I've recently been organizing all of my mom's family photos and I've come across many photos of myself standing on lawns. Also sitting on front porch steps.
natahoochie's review against another edition
4.0
So... I picked this book up randomly from a stack of books to be trashed because I thought it looked cool and it reminded me of my grandmother. Then when I got home, I realized the words inside were written by Daniel Handler... a.k.a. Lemony Snicket. My favorite Children's author. The reason I want to become a librarian. Talk about destiny.
hereisenough's review against another edition
4.0
I love Kalman, and I love old photos. This is quirky and simple enough to be lovely and easy to get through.
coffeechug's review against another edition
3.0
Simple, yet powerful book. A collection of art and photographs from the Museum of Modern Art. Pages are minimal with one image/artwork and few words. These images represent an arrange of emotions and time periods. I read through this twice thinking about the images of my own life. The images where I was mad for my parents taking pictures of us. The times I refused to smile. The times I was full of smiles. Time evolves. The world moves on. We change as the world changes. More importantly, do we recognize small glimpses of our life that shed light on more stories from own personal journey? This is what the book inspired me to think about as I studied the images of these women.
lucyblack's review against another edition
2.0
A really cool idea done badly. Really interesting old photographs of girls and women posing outside on lawns and porches. The photos were fantastic but the whimsical muttering about them left me cold.
juliannealkire's review against another edition
3.0
One of my favorite things about paintings, old family photographs, maps, or a really amazing piece of pizza is imagining the process that led up to the moment it was created. What inspiration, conversation, and/or life events worked together to produce something like this? So it was fun to read this little book, where the author and illustrator did exactly that, creating little narratives for the photographs, drawing me in to create my own. And, it was fun to see the artsy symbolism about confidence and happiness and youth... Overall, it was a well done and a SUPER quick read, thanks to all those photos! ;)
juliaeditrix's review against another edition
4.0
Charming-- but so short. Should be in the poetry action.
starsbyname's review against another edition
“Stand for something,
Stand for something!
Otherwise what do
You stand for,
Why are you even standing?”
Weird, interesting, artsy, and random. Just what I’d expect from a Daniel Handler collaboration containing vintage MoMA photographs. I liked it!
Stand for something!
Otherwise what do
You stand for,
Why are you even standing?”
Weird, interesting, artsy, and random. Just what I’d expect from a Daniel Handler collaboration containing vintage MoMA photographs. I liked it!