Review: Decent Retelling IF You Can Find It in All of the Advertising....
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 01 23, 2013
First I would like to say that the story is very well written, the problem was that it was so buried in advertising the full book of "Storybook Advent Calendar" as well as some music.  I have no issue that I get a free story as an incentive to purchase an entire book, as they authors have given a complete story.My issues lie with the layout and illustrations of the story.  As for the layout I had to hunt for the beginning of the story.  Once I discovered the beginning of the story the formatting using multiple hard returns between each paragraph unnecessarily increased the number of page turns. It made the book seem amateurish or perhaps like a high school student trying to complete a 10 page story when she only has 7 pages of writing.The other issue is that this is a children's story, I would think 8 years and above.  That age group may not require a photo per page it still requires several full page illustrations.  What the reader gets is 4 probably well done illustrations but they are so small as to make the point moot.So if you want a well written poignant story with major flaws, get this.  However, as this story is a retelling so you might be able to find it retold better elsewhere.