Lila Danisa
Fabulous book to get to know about fabulous creatures!
First of all, I loved the illustrations! I loved it so much because it was so magically beautiful. So lively and lovely with perfect choice of colors represent each creature.
I also loved the different explanations and descriptions of some familiar creatures like unicorns, dragons, and others. It boarden up my knowledge about those magical creatures. Another thing that I loved about this book was how diverse the creatures were. Some of them were beautiful (and scary) creatures I had never heard before. Again, my knowledge had been widespread by this book.
As Indonesian, I loved that Barong (magical creature from Bali) being mentioned in this book. The explanation about Barong was accurate. Though the illustration of it was too cute, so different on how Barong usually presented here in Indonesia. I completely understand since this book is for little ones, can't scary them with "real-life" Barong.
My only problem with this book was the writing style, including the words used. I felt like the words were too stifling for children's book. I needed to change most of the words and simplify them in order for my son to understand. I mostly only gave my son the point facts about each creature.
Aside from the writing style, we (my son and I) enjoyed this book so much. We immersed our reading experience by looking up in the internet about creatures we weren't familiar with. Very interesting rabbit hole we got ourselves into.
Thank you to Cornelia Funke, Ruby Warnecke (Illustrator), NorthSouth Books, and NetGalley for the ARC.
Originally posted at www.goodreads.com.
Fabulous book to get to know about fabulous creatures!
First of all, I loved the illustrations! I loved it so much because it was so magically beautiful. So lively and lovely with perfect choice of colors represent each creature.
I also loved the different explanations and descriptions of some familiar creatures like unicorns, dragons, and others. It boarden up my knowledge about those magical creatures. Another thing that I loved about this book was how diverse the creatures were. Some of them were beautiful (and scary) creatures I had never heard before. Again, my knowledge had been widespread by this book.
As Indonesian, I loved that Barong (magical creature from Bali) being mentioned in this book. The explanation about Barong was accurate. Though the illustration of it was too cute, so different on how Barong usually presented here in Indonesia. I completely understand since this book is for little ones, can't scary them with "real-life" Barong.
My only problem with this book was the writing style, including the words used. I felt like the words were too stifling for children's book. I needed to change most of the words and simplify them in order for my son to understand. I mostly only gave my son the point facts about each creature.
Aside from the writing style, we (my son and I) enjoyed this book so much. We immersed our reading experience by looking up in the internet about creatures we weren't familiar with. Very interesting rabbit hole we got ourselves into.
Thank you to Cornelia Funke, Ruby Warnecke (Illustrator), NorthSouth Books, and NetGalley for the ARC.
Originally posted at www.goodreads.com.