Review: A beautiful book that doesn't translate well to the Kindle.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 27, 2014
As usual I received this title free from the author in exchange for a review.  Also as usual I still give my candid opinions below.As you've no doubt noticed this is a counting book of the usual form.  Count 6 of this then 7 of that, etc, etc, etc.  As counting books go, this one has a wonderfully artistic feel to it.  The illustrations are intricately detailed and readers will no doubt have more fun looking at the pictures than actually counting anything.  If not for the text printed on each page they might be very well suitable for framing.As artistic as they are, young readers might be a bit put off by the very surreal feel of the images though.  There are a few dozen brownies and they seem friendly enough to an adult but their misshapen heads and eyes might could make more sensitive children a bit squeamish.  All that said, the issue that makes this a three-star rating in my mind is that it's not well constructed for the Kindle but would be better seen in print.  Let me illustrate my point by looking at the pages devoted to the number 8.So to count to eight we need pages 14 and 15.  Page 14 has four brownies and page 15 has four brownies.  Together that makes 8 brownies right as rain.  The only problem?  It's the Kindle so you can only see one page at a time.  What was previously an exercise in counting has become an exercise in addition and coordinated page turning.  This is not a problem in printed books because both pages are displayed at the same time but the Kindle doesn't have that luxury.In summary, this is a beautiful book that would look great in print but the translation to the Kindle is just not what it should be.  If you can find a print version of this book, buy it in a heartbeat but for the Kindle, it just can't be counted on.