ONCE UPON A BOOK

ONCE UPON A BOOK by Grace Lin and Kate Messner

It is cold and rainy today here in our part of Ohio! What a shock after some really warm days! I feel like a parrot telling my kids over and over to not get used to the warm weather, because this is the time where the weather bounces back and forth between warm and cold.

Grace Lin and Kate Messner invite us into a little girl's adventure as she escapes the snowy, cold weather outside by jumping into her books in Once Upon A Book. Note her little dress change with the illustrations as she moves from story to story. Speaking of the illustrations they are absolutely delightful in this book. Jewel tones invoke a warm feeling as we walk into a rainforest and desert, and swim in a tropical sea. But then it switches to blacks and grays as we further explore. (I won't give it all away!) The sweetness of this book is when Alice realizes she is ready to go home. Be sure and check out the back inside cover versus the front inside cover. Oh, and an extra little fun nugget about this book. Look for the rabbit in each picture.