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Little Humans (2014)

by Brandon Stanton(Favorite Author)

4.08 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0374374562 (ISBN13: 9780374374563)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

review 1: I am a huge fan of the Humans of New York (HONY) blog, and loved the book of the same name. This one however is not what I expected. It is a very thin collection of photos of my fave segment on the blog - Today in Microfashion, but with such forgettable, pat, one line text per page. Why? Maybe this was a fundraiser for some project, and I missed it. Maybe it a book targeted for the very, very young. Anyways, color me disappointed. Skip this one, and check out his blog instead.
review 2: I've been following Brandon Stanton's Humans of New York blog for a while now, and love both his portraits and the stories he eases out if people, about their lives, about their days, about their favorite memories and favorite things.I picked this book up as a gift and figured I... more might as well read it before passing it along. The pictures are fantastic, as expected. Kids can be unpredictable and hard to photograph sometimes, but Stanton does a great job capturing each kid. The text is pretty basic, and clearly meant for kids, as a sort of inspirational, warm and fuzzy word hug. It's okay for what it is, but I wish it had a little more of the essence of his work with adults, something that tells us something about each kid pictured. I'm not talking about names or anything identifying that might be dangerous. Stanton doesn't even identify the adults he photographs, let alone the kids. I'm talking about an anecdote, or maybe something each kid said, or their parent said about them: "Bugs are my favorite, I like them for breakfast." "I'm waiting for my brother, he likes to play with me after school." "Unicorns are made out of marshmallows." Kids can say some funny and poignant things, and it would have been fun to inject each page and each photo with even more personality.Definitely still a book I'd recommend, mostly to a family with fairly little kids. less

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