Seonna Hong

Gorgeous illustrations, but the text is horrible. I don't mind so much the "big" words in the text--serenity, intractable, indiscriminate, etc. What I disliked most was the rhythm of the story. The main character is just about to solve her problem, and then you get a single page with about as much text on it as was in the whole rest of the book combined. And the text on that last page doesn't continue the story--it shifts gears and gets all preachy with morals like "Knowledge is a sword" and "A full life is marked by the highs and the lows".

I have a hard time envisioning any child who will like a "story" like this. And I also have a hard time envisioning any parent who will want their young child to read a story about a vicious, chained-up dog whom a little girl walks right up to in order to "face her fears".… (mais)