Milo immagina il mondo

The human brain loves to form assumptions because long ago that adaptive quality could potentially lead to enduring survival. When Homo sapiens were tromping about 250,000 years ago, the ability to size up a potential friend or foe instantaneously could mean the difference between life or death. But Leggi tutto

When people look down their noses at academics who study children’s literature because it isn’t literary or highbrow enough, books like MILO IMAGINES THE WORLD are the perfect example that children’s literature is literary, layered, complex, and worthy of study — while also being really beautiful an Leggi tutto

With the suspension of the Goodreads Choice 2021 Picture Book category, I was of mixed feelings; first, my family yearly rates all the nominees, but we had in recent years been less impressed with the nominees (which Rod Brown found were often published by Amazon subsidiaries). So I consulted a coup Leggi tutto

Milo is riding the subway with his sister. We don't know where they are going, but it is a weekly trip that takes a long time. Along the way he imagines the lives of fellow passengers and draws pictures of them -- going home to their pets, living in a castle, getting married, etc. Perhaps first impr Leggi tutto

I have learned to expect the exceptional when Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson collaborate, and that feeling is justified in Milo Imagines the World . Simple word rhythms and pictures combine with a solid philosophical foundation to offer a story about living every day in a world of unknowns. M Leggi tutto

This picture book was excellent! It turned out to be a much deeper book than I had expected. It also has amazing illustrations courtesy of Christian Robinson (who illustrated another favorite picture book of mine, Carmela Full of Wishes). But this book's environment felt authentic and almost like yo Leggi tutto

Oh! Bogen er fantastisk og en god oplæsning! Jeg læste den op for en borger!