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erica_s 's review for:
If You Want to See a Whale
by Julie Fogliano
I loved the illustrations, but the text did not strike me as especially moving. It had the appearance & attitude of a whimsical-and-yet-so-true work, but it didn't really strike me as true; the suggestions and observations bore no resemblance whatsoever to any whale-watching experience I have ever had in a lifetime of living on or near the coast, whether from a window, pier, or boat.
Okay, after a discussion today, I get that I am being too literal, and that reading this aloud to kids does work. Perhaps I was too judgmental to accept the suspension of reality, and perhaps I could re-read it as a metaphor or with more humor...
Okay, after a discussion today, I get that I am being too literal, and that reading this aloud to kids does work. Perhaps I was too judgmental to accept the suspension of reality, and perhaps I could re-read it as a metaphor or with more humor...