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A review by tatidengo
The Cats of Tanglewood Forest by Charles de Lint
5.0
This is a lovely book that reads like a cozy bedtime fable. It reminded me a tad of Spirited Away. There's a main female character, she must apply hard labor, humility, and respect to solving a problem where no adults can help her, there's witches (!), and of course, all of this happens under the suggestion of a supernatural world that maybe is or isn't there, hiding in plain sight.
The large amount of illustrations in this book are half the charm. The foliage is fuzzy at the edges, creating a vintage feel that is reminiscent of the kind of artwork in the picture books my dad had as a child.
The only critique I have for this book is, if you're going to imply in writing that some of the characters are Native American and that their skin is darker, I would hope to see this in the illustrations as well. The main character definitely seems white, yet you can barely tell the difference between her skin tone and theirs in the same picture.
The large amount of illustrations in this book are half the charm. The foliage is fuzzy at the edges, creating a vintage feel that is reminiscent of the kind of artwork in the picture books my dad had as a child.
The only critique I have for this book is, if you're going to imply in writing that some of the characters are Native American and that their skin is darker, I would hope to see this in the illustrations as well. The main character definitely seems white, yet you can barely tell the difference between her skin tone and theirs in the same picture.