Little Black Crow (Richard Jackson Books (Atheneum Hardcover)) (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
Raschka strikes me as an amazing artist and a below average storyteller. I love his illustrations in this (as always). The muted brown, grey, blue, etc give the story a lonely feeling, and the simplistic, watercolor sketches are unique. In the story, a child wonders about the life of a little black crow, but comes to no real conclusion. I'm not sure it's intended this way, but it seemed to have a double meaning about how even people who seem very different from you can actually be much the same. If that is the case, this book becomes much richer. I liked the words better then the illustrations, and there was something about the text that was a little off for the age. The vocabulary seemed a little bit too advanced for the sorts of things that the boy is wondering. But there are moments when the boy and the bird are beautifully evoked. Still this doesn't come close to Henkes' Birds at capturing the spirit of birds and children observing them.
What do You think about Little Black Crow (Richard Jackson Books (Atheneum Hardcover)) (2011)?
Who vs, whom? Argh. This had potential until that krept up and annoyed me.
—alice
Simple and thoughtful, a story that leaves you with a smile.
—jonathantoniooo
