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A review by calistareads
Clementina's Cactus by Ezra Jack Keats
4.0
I picked this up knowing the author was Ezra Jack Keats and what a treat, what a wonder. I am used to seeing inner city worlds with keats, somewhat bleak, but he turns his story upside down setting this in a desert as a wordless story. His art does all the talking.
The artwork appears to be watercolors and the desert feels hot and bleak. There is a squat little girl walking in the desert with red hair. She looks crazy and then there is a tall lean bean pole of a man with crazy red hair that might be her dad. They are walking in the desert. The girl finds a cactus and she is memorized by the sad little thing. It's starting to rain and the father pulls the girl inside. The colors go from earthy reds, yellows and hot colors, to cool blues and darker shades. It's so neat. The storm passes and the girl checks back on her cactus and there are beautiful flowers on it now.
The story gave me a sense of wonder. I figured what was coming and it still hit me anyway. A great story.
I do miss my nephew making up his own story for the wordless books. They were pretty great.
The artwork appears to be watercolors and the desert feels hot and bleak. There is a squat little girl walking in the desert with red hair. She looks crazy and then there is a tall lean bean pole of a man with crazy red hair that might be her dad. They are walking in the desert. The girl finds a cactus and she is memorized by the sad little thing. It's starting to rain and the father pulls the girl inside. The colors go from earthy reds, yellows and hot colors, to cool blues and darker shades. It's so neat. The storm passes and the girl checks back on her cactus and there are beautiful flowers on it now.
The story gave me a sense of wonder. I figured what was coming and it still hit me anyway. A great story.
I do miss my nephew making up his own story for the wordless books. They were pretty great.