Facts that should fascinate anyone during their firstlearning years, simply and ably illustrated, observed by threechildren, a dog, and a cat who cruise the universe. An unassuming,inexpensive book that does its job ably. Not only does it teachthat blue and yellow make green, but the raggedy shapes, thefanciful and seemingly accidental page design can free a child'simagination and liberate an adult from pedantry. Bijou Le Tord. Le Tord has turned the poetry of the King James version of the23rd Psalm into simple language.
Poetry is lost, but meaning maybecome more accessible.
Her luminous watercolors, as ever, arejewels, simple prayers in themselves that celebrate light, color,harmony, and peace. Lane Smith has connected precisely with the anarchy ofchildhood. In an extraordinary series of paintings easilymistaken for the work of Paul Klee, and a sassy dialogue, Smithwalks us through the fuzzily-focused world of the little boy whomthe doctor attempts to reconcile to the idea of specs. Ingeniously, the reader is made to squint to read perhapssignificant messages on the penultimate page. The perfect combination of author illustrator may makethis a minor classic.