So, yesterday was the official kick-off of the Keep Portland Weird festival here in Paris, which meant that I had a reading/screening in the...
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This book is absolutely charming--as charming as Rey's Curious George books are. Using the same star configurations, Rey re-draws the constellations so that they actually look like what their names indicate they should. This really appeals to the Amelia Bedelia part of me.
I remember one image of the constellations drawn on the inside of an umbrella tilted on its side, with the viewer looking from the umbrella handle toward the "sky".
It is a book that is geared toward older children (9-12) and so it does get somewhat sophisticated in its details.
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floydsbabe, April 12, 2009
This book is absolutely charming--as charming as Rey's Curious George books are. Using the same star configurations, Rey re-draws the constellations so that they actually look like what their names indicate they should. This really appeals to the Amelia Bedelia part of me.I remember one image of the constellations drawn on the inside of an umbrella tilted on its side, with the viewer looking from the umbrella handle toward the "sky".
It is a book that is geared toward older children (9-12) and so it does get somewhat sophisticated in its details.