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Rosie's Glasses
by Dave Whamond
How much greener the grass is, with this rose-tinted glasses.
This is a wonderful, wordless book that says so much.
I think I've known sadness since very young. From the age of four I've lost people close to me, and it affected me so much. I could never understand why other children always seemed so happy.
Rosie is a depressed and sad little girl. She cannot control the state of her room. and her parents seem disconnected. Her parents are burnt out and ignore her - something many children in the modern world experience with busy parents.
This book highlights that it's not just Rosie and her family that experiences the blues - it's everyone.
This comic reminds me of Pink Floyd's "The Wall" - where children line up for school like a slaughterhouse. This is much deeper and much darker than all the children books I've ever read, but not so dark that it was disturb children.
I love that the depressing and melancholic part of the book is in back and white, while the wonderful part begins in colour.
But one day, Rosy finds glasses - coloured glasses, surrounded by butterflies - and so she begins to see the world in rose-tinted glasses.
I absolutely love how her glasses are used! And so, Rosy becomes happy! And so, Rosie gets a job - a job to make others happy.
And so, her room from the beginning changes.
The entire book is a message of our depressed, sad selves and how we could be so much different if only we introduced some positivity and step-by-step improvement.
And then - well then she loses her glasses! But she realises why she ever needed them. I think that the glasses many represent anything - drugs, anti-depressants, obsessive gaming or anything that makes us happy. We just need to realise we don't need it once we've used it as a crutch we need to move on and be happy ourselves
The illustrations are cute, quickly and so appealing.
And I love the ending! This is a profound book for all ages. It teaches you that you just don't need glasses to see the good in things, because they actually exist.
Conclusion
I love picture books without words. Why? Well, it allows you to be the co-author of the story and it see it as you wish to. And that's what I've seen with a lot of reviews of this book - everyone takes a different branch of the same message to heart. Definitely recommended for everyone - not only children.
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I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
This is a wonderful, wordless book that says so much.
I think I've known sadness since very young. From the age of four I've lost people close to me, and it affected me so much. I could never understand why other children always seemed so happy.
Rosie is a depressed and sad little girl. She cannot control the state of her room. and her parents seem disconnected. Her parents are burnt out and ignore her - something many children in the modern world experience with busy parents.
This book highlights that it's not just Rosie and her family that experiences the blues - it's everyone.
This comic reminds me of Pink Floyd's "The Wall" - where children line up for school like a slaughterhouse. This is much deeper and much darker than all the children books I've ever read, but not so dark that it was disturb children.
I love that the depressing and melancholic part of the book is in back and white, while the wonderful part begins in colour.
But one day, Rosy finds glasses - coloured glasses, surrounded by butterflies - and so she begins to see the world in rose-tinted glasses.
I absolutely love how her glasses are used! And so, Rosy becomes happy! And so, Rosie gets a job - a job to make others happy.
And so, her room from the beginning changes.
The entire book is a message of our depressed, sad selves and how we could be so much different if only we introduced some positivity and step-by-step improvement.
And then - well then she loses her glasses! But she realises why she ever needed them. I think that the glasses many represent anything - drugs, anti-depressants, obsessive gaming or anything that makes us happy. We just need to realise we don't need it once we've used it as a crutch we need to move on and be happy ourselves
The illustrations are cute, quickly and so appealing.
And I love the ending! This is a profound book for all ages. It teaches you that you just don't need glasses to see the good in things, because they actually exist.
Conclusion
I love picture books without words. Why? Well, it allows you to be the co-author of the story and it see it as you wish to. And that's what I've seen with a lot of reviews of this book - everyone takes a different branch of the same message to heart. Definitely recommended for everyone - not only children.
hI received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.