Into the Forest

I get it. Lots of literary allegory & allusions, enchanting & scary, truly evocative of a child's fears because this is what a sensitive child sees and hears. For example, Mom looks numb at the breakfast table, less because she is, but because the boy sees her that way.

But I don't like it. I'm not into creepy, and I don't think kids particularly need books like this that would, imo, be more likely to feed their anxieties than to be therapeutic.

But I could be wrong. Maybe your child, or you, would enjoy and benefit. I can't give it more than three stars, but I wouldn't be surprised if you could.

Fantasy
Review: A young boy must go to his grandmother's house. His mother tells him not to go through the forest. He does anyway and faces fears of his mind.
Critique: It is a good fantasy because it provides very real anxieties that children might have in the things the boy sees. It is also a good fantasy because children can relate to the boy with fears they may have if they are left alone.

This is a tricky one. I'm really ambivalent about it, and I think I'd like to come back to it in a couple of years, when we are a little older. I generally like [a:Anthony Browne's|35335|Anthony Browne|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1272902188p2/35335.jpg] books, because there's always something interesting going on in them, and the illustrations are stunning, but at the same time his books can be eerie, and this one most certainly is ...

The use of allusion to fairy tales in this book is superb! There are the obvious ones like Little Red and Hansel and Gretel and then there are the not so obvious one that you have look really close at the background illustrations to even find. I love it! It's like a scavenger hunt. What Browne has done with illustrations here has really impressed me. Loved the fairy tale landscape within a forest. Classic.

A boy is asked by his mom to take some cake to his sick grandma right after his father disappeared. He chooses to go through the forest where he would get there faster disobeying his mother. The story goes very similar to Little Red Riding Hood. However as the boy goes into the forest he faces surprises related with the characters of other classics such as Jack and the beanstalk and Goldilocks. A mixture of pencil and watercolor purposefully chosen by Browne to expose the boy’s wrong path – in pencil, and then as he gets to his grandma, to a known place – watercolor, providing suspense and a sense of familiarity as he walks throughout the forest.

This book follows a boy who is going to go to his grandma's place and this book follows a style of little red riding. In the book it portrays different folktales as he goes to his grandma's house. I really enjoyed this story because of the fact that it is very different from other books portraying various folktales in the story. This story keeps you at the edge of your chair and keeps you guessing what will happen next. This British author did a great job with the story and I enjoyed this book very much. Everybody should read this book!

When he woke up he found his dad was gone, he really missed him but then his mom asked him to take a cake to his grandma which made him happy. His mom told him not to go into the forest but that was the quickest way so he did. He met a lot of strange people along the way he got scared and ran the rest of the way. When he got to grandma's house he found his dad there too. Then him and his dad returned home. Anthony Browne did not dissapoint with his unusual story telling. At first it seemed like the dad was gone for good but then it turned out to be a happy story after all. I really liked. the use of color in this book the forest was black and white and the rest was in color.