Take a photo of a barcode or cover
This was one of my all time favorites growing up, but I appreciate it even more now. It teaches that the more equal we feel to those around us, the happier we are. (Maybe the 1% have a little to learn from this book...)
Another classic I remember from childhood. Now that I've been to Paris I love the illustrations even more!
Love the illustrations and the bright colors.
This was just about the cutest book I have ever read. Ever. I laughed out loud in the book store on almost every single page. I think my favorites were the gray page and beige page. The illustrations were utterly fantastic and the letters were every single one hilarious. I want to read it over and over and over.
Charming is the word to best describe this book. Stellaluna has the best facial expressions and her adventures are exciting enough that they kept me from being sad about the separation from her mother. I loved the message about friendship on the final page.
A very tasteful story about the progression of building cities and business of society. I loved the illustrations of the seasons in the countryside.
I would have been all over this book as a kid. I would have walked around talking proper just like Elliot. He's so cheeky, and I loved the little quirks in the illustrations (like the sharks in the tanks and the facial expressions of his dad). The ending was charming!
What I loved about this book:
- both main characters were outside of the typical weight and race of basically every other YA book ever. Just the fact that their differences were addressed and not just brushed aside is hopefully an indicator of the direction YA novels could be moving. Why aren't authors writing more diverse characters? Why was it so hard for me to get a picture of a teenage Asian boy but not hard to just imagine a white boy with black hair? And Eleanor's hair and weight are a significant part of her personality that she never necessarily comes to terms with. Thank you Mrs. Rowell for writing such relatable characters.
- the setting in the 80's went back to a time before we could communicate any time we want with whomever we want. This honestly made for a more genuine relationship between Eleanor and Park, and I think it will be great for younger teens who have never and will never experience the concept of trying to find time to meet and/or talk outside of school.
- Eleanor never inherently changed for Park. She grew, and she adapted to him, but she never became more or less than she was. She never changed her character - loved herself more, got kinder, became more/less independent - just because a boy loved her.
- Park DID change! He became more comfortable liking what he liked. He discovered how to have a relationship with his family despite being different.
- While Eleanor was bullied at school and we got to see how teacher's reacted differently to what is now such a serious subject, that wasn't the focal point of Eleanor's problems. She addressed that it sucked, but it didn't dominate her life and she never felt like it was something she had to fix. I feel like this is an important lesson for teens because while standing up for yourself can be crucial, sometimes people are cruel and you can't control them. You can only control yourself.
- we meet Eleanor after she tried to stand up to Richie. A whole year later. We see that sometimes you can stand up for something and it really seemed to only make it worse. I think this is the true sense in which Rowell keeps surprising us. That the neighbors would send Eleanor back, and she would be grateful. That her siblings would accept their situation without much question.
- I did feel somewhat mentally prepared for the end, and without spoiling too much I will say I had an idea of what would happen and I was pleased to see it was a little bit happier than what I expected. But still EXTREMELY bittersweet.
- everything. I would recommend this book to ANYONE. It was beautiful, and heartbreaking, and inspiring, and sad, and hopeful.
- both main characters were outside of the typical weight and race of basically every other YA book ever. Just the fact that their differences were addressed and not just brushed aside is hopefully an indicator of the direction YA novels could be moving. Why aren't authors writing more diverse characters? Why was it so hard for me to get a picture of a teenage Asian boy but not hard to just imagine a white boy with black hair? And Eleanor's hair and weight are a significant part of her personality that she never necessarily comes to terms with. Thank you Mrs. Rowell for writing such relatable characters.
- the setting in the 80's went back to a time before we could communicate any time we want with whomever we want. This honestly made for a more genuine relationship between Eleanor and Park, and I think it will be great for younger teens who have never and will never experience the concept of trying to find time to meet and/or talk outside of school.
- Eleanor never inherently changed for Park. She grew, and she adapted to him, but she never became more or less than she was. She never changed her character - loved herself more, got kinder, became more/less independent - just because a boy loved her.
- Park DID change! He became more comfortable liking what he liked. He discovered how to have a relationship with his family despite being different.
- While Eleanor was bullied at school and we got to see how teacher's reacted differently to what is now such a serious subject, that wasn't the focal point of Eleanor's problems. She addressed that it sucked, but it didn't dominate her life and she never felt like it was something she had to fix. I feel like this is an important lesson for teens because while standing up for yourself can be crucial, sometimes people are cruel and you can't control them. You can only control yourself.
- we meet Eleanor after she tried to stand up to Richie. A whole year later. We see that sometimes you can stand up for something and it really seemed to only make it worse. I think this is the true sense in which Rowell keeps surprising us. That the neighbors would send Eleanor back, and she would be grateful. That her siblings would accept their situation without much question.
- I did feel somewhat mentally prepared for the end, and without spoiling too much I will say I had an idea of what would happen and I was pleased to see it was a little bit happier than what I expected. But still EXTREMELY bittersweet.
- everything. I would recommend this book to ANYONE. It was beautiful, and heartbreaking, and inspiring, and sad, and hopeful.
I love Lemony Snicket's writing - especially because he's not afraid to use big vocabulary with the classic Snicket phrase "which in this case means..." A cute little Christmas read. I want to own all of these Snicket children's books!!!
I totally get why this book is so popular. Olivia is an energetic, spunky, confident little pig and the book's little quirky moments make it awesome.