Review: Beautiful story with a great life lesson
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 26, 2013
Chasing Butterflies is a sweet children's book that is visually appealing on the Kindle Fire.Siblings Sophia and Matteo learn that everything in the world is beautiful. In order to see the beauty in everything, a person must be patient with and exhibit love to all. Sophia and Matteo learn this tenant through their abuela's garden and the metamorphosis of a butterfly (an exciting experience all children should witness), but this is a lesson that can be adapted to just about any scenario in a child's life. Children who spent extended time with their grandparents will know all about the "magic" that can be found on a stay at grandma's - the "magic" in this story is a beautiful life lesson perfect for pint-sized readers. As a children's librarian, I can see this title being the perfect addition to a story time that teaches children life lessons... or just a feel-good story for parents or grandparents to share with their children that can open up dialogue on morals and values.I'm not a very big fan of reading picture books on my Kindle Fire because I find the illustrations lacking something. I also believe that children lose something from not turning each individual page. However, the quality of the illustrations by Viser is great on my Fire - I would imagine they're even more vivid on the Fire HD. This is an eBook that the creators took time designing, because their efforts show.This is the only book I have read in the series by Harry Toews (love this name!), but if the rest of the books in the series are like this one, this collection is great for any children's digital book collection. It is well worth the price, too.