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A review by tallestbruce
Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
1.0
The store got a collection of new books and Beth handed it to me before I had my games (my department) setup for Summer Break Game Afternoon.
When the book opens you see a collection of frightening spoons. Spoons of all kinds, soup, slotted, grapefruit, and sporks are all represented. The color of the image is dark and menacing. Readers are unable to see clear definition in each spoon which adds to terror of the image. The odd artwork doesn't continue, only the spoons seem to suffer, the fork and chopsticks seem bright and happy.
The plot of the tome is a story which has been told and will be told again, hopefully better than this attempt. The spoon is envious of the other utensils abilities. The small spoon whines though the first half of the book and then we get to the predictable second half where the other utensils make small comments about how lucky the spoon is. Then at the end the small spoon feels so miserable he climbs in bed with his parents. No resolution to the story at all. What happens next? Does the spoon still feel bad? Of course she does, so what does the story teach us? Does it say that life is devoid of hope and the only way to cure it is to find a warm bed?
Jan and Beth, my colleagues, didn't enjoy it either. Beth quickly moved the book from facing out in "Our Favorites" to "New Arrivals". Beth won't be reading it during Story Time.
When the book opens you see a collection of frightening spoons. Spoons of all kinds, soup, slotted, grapefruit, and sporks are all represented. The color of the image is dark and menacing. Readers are unable to see clear definition in each spoon which adds to terror of the image. The odd artwork doesn't continue, only the spoons seem to suffer, the fork and chopsticks seem bright and happy.
The plot of the tome is a story which has been told and will be told again, hopefully better than this attempt. The spoon is envious of the other utensils abilities. The small spoon whines though the first half of the book and then we get to the predictable second half where the other utensils make small comments about how lucky the spoon is. Then at the end the small spoon feels so miserable he climbs in bed with his parents. No resolution to the story at all. What happens next? Does the spoon still feel bad? Of course she does, so what does the story teach us? Does it say that life is devoid of hope and the only way to cure it is to find a warm bed?
Jan and Beth, my colleagues, didn't enjoy it either. Beth quickly moved the book from facing out in "Our Favorites" to "New Arrivals". Beth won't be reading it during Story Time.