Storytime Saturday a weekly blog feature showcasing any new books we’ve been reading with Erin, reviewing picture books and talking about our monthly library haul! Basically, Storytime Saturday is all about books! This week we’re talking about A Child of Books by by Sam Winston and Oliver Jeffers (Published by Walker Books on 1st September 2016).
I am a Child of Books. I come from a world of stories, And upon my imagination, I float.
In this inspiring, lyrical tale about the rewards of reading and sharing stories, a little girl sails her raft “across a sea of words” to arrive at the house of a small boy. There she invites him to come away with her on an adventure. Guided by his new friend, the boy unlocks his imagination and a lifetime of magic lies ahead of him. But who will be next?
Forget the kids, this is a book for adults as well. More so, it’s a book for book lovers and story enthusiasts.
A Child of Books doesn’t really have a story to it, which makes it a bit strange. However, what it does do is explain the magic of reading a book. The girl in the book explains all the things that can happen through reading, like going on an adventure, discover fairy tales or go into space. The whole point of the book is to make other books and stories seem really exciting!
The illustrations are what really make this book for me though.
As you can see, the words of other stories make up the illustrations. I love how inventive this book is, using the actual words from other books to get the point across. I think this is why adults will be able to appreciate this book a bit more than children will.
However, I still think this is a lovey one for slightly older children, especially if you’re trying to get them into reading a bit more.
Disclaimer: We were sent this book for the purpose of this review. All opinions are our own.
I love the idea of this book, but I think the illustrations being made from the wording may confused young readers, so I’m not sure I would buy it.
This sounds a really interesting idea for a book. All my family love reading and the worlds it opens up for us – I’ll definitely look our for this, and check it out next time I’m in a book shop 🙂
We’ve always enjoyed books that did funny things with the text and included them as part of the illustration. I think it would get my children interested.
I thought it was really fun and interesting
It does look a bit old for my girls but defo one to remember for the future x