Melody Murray's Books

1/13 Huh. I'd forgotten that I didn't much like this book when I was gathering read-aloud books at the library. And interestingly enough, though I still loathed the illustrations, this time Rylant's prose worked for me. I must have been in an especially curmudgeonly mood the first time- or maybe I was going too fast since I wasn't sharing it with anyone. Either way, I retract my earlier review. 7/11 2 stars. I usually adore Rylant's stuff. This is the exception. Part of it is that I loathed the illustrations (A blonde cardinal? Really?) and part of it is that the text was less grounded than I expect from Rylant. It wasn't exactly phoned in, but it wasn't nearly as good as I expected. Give it a miss.