Armand Eisen

I was most impressed with this. This book explores different views of angels across many years and cultures. It pulls quotes from a huge variety of sources, including both the Bible and the Quran. Even the Aztecs are represented in this multicultural celebration of angels. The artwork is also beautiful, and it adds immensely to the overall reading experience. My only criticism here is that I wish more information was given about the images. Even so, this was great!

This collection has all of the favorite Mother Goose rhymes. Several illustrators are responsible for the artwork. All of the pictures are beautifully created in great detail. For the untrained eye, one would not initially consider that the work was completed by several artists. Upon closer inspection, differences in color and texture can be noted. However, the overall impression is one of unity. I love the "old school" feel of this book.

This is a large picture book that covers 52 Mother Goose rhymes. Many of these I had heard or read as a child, but there were a few that I was not familiar with and also a few where I had read different versions. The illustrations in this book are great. On some pages, such as 12 and 13 where "The Queen of Hearts", "Tweedledum and Tweedledee", and "Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat" are read, the illustration represents all three nursery rhymes. For "Old Mother Hubbard" the illustration shows several show more lyrics together. A table of contents at the beginning of the book is useful if you are looking for a specific rhyme. Though this is an older publication, the illustrations set this book apart. The use of a variety of illustrators adds variety to the pictures. show less

I am very in between with this book. I have reasons why I liked it, but I also have some reasons why I didn’t. I liked this book because of the layout of the pages. Every page has a border of different pictures based on the setting of the illustration. For example, on the page where they are in the woods, the border has flowers around it because she picked flowers in the woods. Then on the top of the border there is a bird because birds fly in the sky, and on the bottom of the border there show more is a rabbit because rabbits hop on the ground. The reason I disliked this book was because it is just like the classic Little Red Riding Hood. I thought since it was a remake it was going to be different and more fun to read, but it was just the same normal story. It has the same storyline as the classic one. Little Red Riding Hood is taking food to her grandma, and then the wolf eats her grandma to get the basket of food. The overall idea of this book is to show readers to do what your told, and don’t talk to strangers. show less