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A review by kitsuneheart
Crane Boy by Diana Cohn
3.0
Youme definitely has a consistently developed art style. I just don't like it. Oddly, the cranes all look fine to me, but everything else in the book seems too messy. But that's just an art thing, and will vary from person to person.
The story itself didn't really keep my attention, though. While the conservation message is important, the book itself goes a bit long. There's all this build-up for the crane dance, which is just too much buildup, in my opinion. A few pages less and this would have flowed much better.
I do approve of the two pages of explanation for the festival, the cranes, and for the nation of Bhutan itself. That was very well-done, and shows children the basics of a good report. It's a shame it's just paired to an uninteresting story.
The story itself didn't really keep my attention, though. While the conservation message is important, the book itself goes a bit long. There's all this build-up for the crane dance, which is just too much buildup, in my opinion. A few pages less and this would have flowed much better.
I do approve of the two pages of explanation for the festival, the cranes, and for the nation of Bhutan itself. That was very well-done, and shows children the basics of a good report. It's a shame it's just paired to an uninteresting story.