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The Juniper Tree, and Other Tales from Grimm - Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Grimm, Jacob, and Wilhelm Grimm. The Juniper Tree, and Other Tales from Grimm . Translated by Lore Segal, New York, Farrar, Straus And Giroux, 1976. This is a collection of Grimm fairy tales. There are approximately 13 stories in the volume, each with an illustration.  It's about 168 pages long. This book is genuinely difficult to read! It is filled with words that are out of date (I wasn't sure what a sexton was until I looked it up) and I couldn't find myself finishing a story without some effort. One of the most difficult parts of the story was that a new piece of dialogue didn't start a new line. Because of this, it was hard to keep up with who was speaking. The writing style of the book suggests that it is for an adult storyteller to tell to children. There are illustrations throughout the book at a rate of one per story. Each of the illustrations is beautifully and creatively drawn by Maurice S...

Going Down Home With Daddy - Kelly Sterling Lyons Lyons, Kelly Starling . Going down Home with Daddy . Daniel Minter, Illustrator. Peachtree, 2019.     This book is about a family traveling to their grandma's house to have a family reunion. Lil Alan is nervous because he doesn't have anything to share like the rest of the family. The illustrations reflect the mood and setting of the story. Minter uses a combination of oranges and blues to set the scene using blue for night time and orange for the day light. Blue is also used to show shading and indoor places while orange is used primarily for the outside as well. The colors also cleverly show the mood as Alans nervousness shows through with the use of blue but also scenes of excitement are bright and orange. While Lil Alan's cousins are happy and excited to show what they are going to share with the family they are surrounded by a bright orange, Lil Alan himself is highlighted by blue. This is also highlighted within the ...

 An Alphabet Book Hair Love ABCs - Cherry, Matthew A. Cherry, Matthew A. Hair Love ABCs . Penguin, 29 Aug. 2023. This is a book about Black hairstyles! It intermixes terms for black hair with other imaginative phrases. The illustrations help visualize the word being presented. For example, the phrase "Rubber Band" is visualized by showing a dotted line from the girl's hair to a bottle to the dad's eye and the image shows the rubber band in the air. A Number Book Counting With Din Sum - Benard, Lacey Cheng, Lulu, and Lacey Benard. Counting with Dim Sum . Bitty Bao, LLC, 15 Oct. 2022. This is a counting book that incorporates counting in English and Chinese! Readers will learn about Chinese cuisine and each page has illustrations that correlate with the number being shown. A Concept Book My Feelings - Turner, Jeffrey Turner, Jeffrey. My Feelings . Sunbird Books, 1 Aug. 2024. This is a book about emotions. It f...