A review by katymul
Paradise Sands by Levi Pinfold

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

5.0

I love a dark fable and a picturebook for older readers, and this delivers both. The generational weight implied by the rhythmic warning adds dimension. The illustrations are complex and intriguing and would almost tell the story without the narration at all. That said, it feels important to have the narrator's voice, and they are achingly rendered, their complex emotion and the mysterious situation told in spare but powerful text. A gorgeous piece of work.