Speaking of big questions, part two
Well, duh. With all this talk of big questions, I forgot that we recently checked out Wolf Erlbruch’s The Big Question.
(image from Amazon, of all things)
We’re big fans Herr Professor Erlbruch (and there’s more to come). The phrase that comes to mind is “pitch-perfect.” Not frenetic attempts to emulate kid’s thinking, but simple little stories with room for both kids and adults to ponder a bit.
Perhaps the best element of this book is the space in back to write your own answers to the big question.
In a similar vein is Sara O’Leary’s Where You Came From.
(image courtesy the publisher’s site)
We featured Sara’s previous book When You Were Small a few months ago. The conceit of this book is the same, the art remains lovely (thanks to Julie Morstad). At the risk of gross simplification, Where You Came From is the baby sister of When You Were Small — sweeter and a bit less jokey. Nice.
Category: Bean Sprout Books 2 comments »
February 7th, 2010 at 7:50 am
So have you seen Julie Morstad’s book “Milk Teeth” ? Her books aren’t in my libraries, so I can’t look for it myself. I’d be curious what you think.
February 20th, 2010 at 7:57 am
Little sister! I like that.