I simply love Pamela Zagarenski's illustrations. That was why I bought this book. To be honest, when I first bought it, I was hugely disappointed. I stuck it on the shelf for several months, and pulled it down again recently. And I realized that my daughter was just too young for it the first time around, because now we both love it.
The story features a girl who loves to read and is loaned a very special book by her teacher. She is so very excited to read it, but her joy turns to frustration when she discovers that the words are all missing. But then a voice whispers that she should create her own stories. She goes back through the book, looking carefully at each of the pictures and creating her own story to go with each. But what is recorded in the actual book is just the beginning -- the set up if you will -- for each of these stories that the girl crafts. This is what I found so disappointing at first -- my daughter was too young to understand that, and it came off as just a bunch of disjointed clippets from stories. But if your kid is ready to imagine their own stories, this book is awesome! And the illustrations are fantastic!!
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Behind the Scenes with Pam Zagarenski
A message from the creator of The Whisper, plus a sneak peek at an early sketch.
I do all of my sketch work for my books in my journals. I have lots of ideas. ..some things become 'real' and others don’t. I just play, and I write, and eventually the pieces come together to form something in paint and words.
I will write story ideas. I also write things that happen in my life. On this particular day I wrote about the black widow spider who appeared on my studio window with her egg sack while creating The Whisper. I imagined she had come to inspire me with words, and I named her Emily Bronte. ..(Charlotte-of course was her famous spider sister).
She inspired me with her glass like shiny black and red beauty - mingled with the fear that she simultaneously instilled in my heart just by being who she was - she was a marvelous enigma. And yes, of course I will never know the truth of it all - who can really ever say what is true?
I love to imagine. And maybe just in the act of imagining, one actually makes the stories real. I dedicated this book in part to her, and I imagine she’s proud.
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Brooke Wells
Beautiful book. Would recommend.
Reviewed in Canada on November 10, 2018