Sonja Wimmer

But there is not an abundance or a plethora of wondrous words in the book! The art makes the words that are used *appear* enchanted, but they're mundane. And when Luna goes into the world and shares the words she's collected, those words supposedly charm the people, creating amiability, joy, and a kind of hippy or New Age community... but what *are* those terrific words??

For wonderful words, read [a:William Steig|26874|William show more Steig|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1201030267p2/26874.jpg] or [b:The BFG|6319|The BFG|Roald Dahl|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1327872673s/6319.jpg|1249788] by Dahl or just about anything from back in the day....

ETA: or read poetry. Right now I'm reading the word-play absurd verse of [a:Richard Wilbur|29836|Richard Wilbur|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1329775432p2/29836.jpg]'s [b:The Pig in the Spigot|698177|The Pig in the Spigot|Richard Wilbur|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1328875621s/698177.jpg|684495] and I think I'm going to be giving it 5 stars.... show less

Sonja Wimmer's La Coleccionista de Palabras is a wondrous mix of stream-of-consciousness-themed illustrations and storytime fun. Not only is there a story, but following the direction of the words spilling playfully across the page is a story in itself—like travelling down river or being caught by the wind.

Recommended!

This book is lovely, but a bit hard to read. The story is of a girl who collects words and shares them with the world to help combat conflict, boredom, and carelessness. What really makes this story is the illustrations. But the illustrations are what make it hard to read. It’s the way they flow on the page and seem like they are cut out of other things. Apparently I am not the only one who thinks this because the last 2 pages of the book are the story told in black and white verse in case show more you miss something. show less

The book is lovely and beautifully illustrated, although it fell a little short for me. Sure enough, I'd been excited to read it and I liked the idea of the little word collecting girl (who looked like Merida from the movie Brave, as my son remarked), it's just that nothing substantial ever came of it. Thus, I'm rating it 3 1/2 stars. I really, really liked the pictures and they alone may be worth it, and the story might have worked better in a different format, like if it was animated on a show more big screen or something ... I don't know. The end was abrupt: I turned the page and there was a white page spread with just the gathered text from the previous pages, in case you hadn't been able to put together the words yourself. "Ah, I guess that WAS the end", I said to my son. show less