Deacon, Alexis I Am
Henry Finch Illustrated by Viviane
Schwarz Candlewick Press, 2015. $16.99
PICTURE BOOK Content: G.
The finches don’t really think for themselves
because they are so busy chattering about nonsense, so one night when Henry
wakes up in the middle of the night to silence he starts to have his own
thoughts. He starts to think for himself
and comes up with an idea to defeat the beast that eats and torments him and
his finch friends. His idea doesn’t work
and he ends up in the belly of the beast, but he sends out thoughts to the
beast to let him go and it works.
This
book is weird. The fingerprint finches
are adorable, but when Henry figures out that he can think for himself the
story gets complicated. Also the idea
that he can convince a beast to let him go just from sending thoughts from his
stomach makes no sense at all. When we
were done reading, my seven year old looked at me with a confused face and said
that was dumb. I would put this as not recommended, but the art work is fun and might inspire kids to create their own art.
EL (K-3)-OPTIONAL. Reviewer, C. Peterson.
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