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A review by pwbalto
If You Want to See a Whale by Julie Fogliano
5.0
Jesus Christ. I thought I'd seen my favorite couple of picture books for the year, and then here comes this one. SO bedtimey, SO not-bedtimey, all about observation and appreciation of the flawless little miracles that make up the natural world - clouds, bugs, birds, pirate ships... and roses.
if you want to see a whale
you'll have to just ignore the roses
and all their pink
and all their sweet
and all their wild and their waving
because roses don't want you watching whales
or waiting for
or wondering about
things that are not pink
and things that are not sweet
and things that are not roses
This is Gertrude Stein done one better. This is Yeats and the tyranny of beauty in simple language.
Also, Erin Stead is perfect.
if you want to see a whale
you'll have to just ignore the roses
and all their pink
and all their sweet
and all their wild and their waving
because roses don't want you watching whales
or waiting for
or wondering about
things that are not pink
and things that are not sweet
and things that are not roses
This is Gertrude Stein done one better. This is Yeats and the tyranny of beauty in simple language.
Also, Erin Stead is perfect.