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ljrinaldi 's review for:
The Wild Beast
by Eric Walters
This book, based on a folk-tale from Kenya, is not written by a Kenyan, but by a white missionary from Canada. And I'm sure he means well, but it feels as though he has taken his idea of creation, and tacked on the story he heard.
I chose this book to review because of the cover, and the illustrations, which are quite striking.
The story, the concept of the whole book, is that when the wildebeest was created, it was made up of all the left over bits of all the other animals that had been created. And the illustrator does a great job of conveying that part of the story.
It is just with so many stories out there that are written by white colonists, do we really need one more, no matter how gorgeous the pictures are? I would have loved to have read the original folk tale, which is important to the people of Kenya, because it would have reflected their beliefs and their history.
Lovely illustrations though, so it gets the three stars for that.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
I chose this book to review because of the cover, and the illustrations, which are quite striking.
The story, the concept of the whole book, is that when the wildebeest was created, it was made up of all the left over bits of all the other animals that had been created. And the illustrator does a great job of conveying that part of the story.
It is just with so many stories out there that are written by white colonists, do we really need one more, no matter how gorgeous the pictures are? I would have loved to have read the original folk tale, which is important to the people of Kenya, because it would have reflected their beliefs and their history.
Lovely illustrations though, so it gets the three stars for that.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.