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Singing Away The Dark (2010)

by Caroline Woodward(Favorite Author)

4.19 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1897476418 (ISBN13: 9781897476413)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Simply Read Books

review 1: This is one of those books for children, that works on another level for the adults who read with them. The story is a simple one, about a six year old's slightly scary walk through the dark and woods to catch the school bus. The magic is in the wording and illustrations. The illustrations are gorgeous; I would hang them on my wall. What surprised me though, is that a 2 year old loved the pictures to. She went through the book over and over after we'd read it, pointing out details and in the pictures and commenting (in her 2 year old way).
review 2: LOVE LOVE LOVE this book! It's beautiful, I could stare at the artwork all day and the story is lovely. I'm going out and buying this one for my personal library collection because that's how much I adored it. ... moreMaybe I love it because the illustrations remind me of one of my favorite Etsy artists. They have a vintage feel to them, but the book doesn't feel dated at all. It really could take place in any time period. Our narrator is only six and lives in a very snowy wooded area and has to walk a long way just to get to the bus stop. At first the task seems daunting and scary, but our narrator has learned to sing away the dark and by singing she's no longer afraid. It's a simple story and it's sweet, but the lyrical rhyming text make the book stand out. "When I was six and went to school/I walked a long, long, way.../I leave my house, so nice and warm, on a windy winter's day." Don't you just want to read more?The illustrations, as I mentioned before, are gorgeous. The are filled with detail and the snow looks perfect and white and the woods dark and somewhat scary. But slowly throughout the darkness fades as our narrator becomes more brave.A beautiful book-Highly recommended!! less

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