I am charmed by this most recent book from Eric Carle – my copy arrived at a moment in the COVID situation when we were about to get some easing of lockdown, so the subtitle “The World Is Waiting” felt like it captured the Zeitgeist – but in the weeks that followed it seems the World will have to wait a little longer.
I love Eric Carle but I am not sure about books like this, there is no story arch, the images are his greatest hits – they are strong but we have seen them before – and I worry this is the product of the corporate machine rather than the artistic talent.
But then I love the words, they are so sharp, if the corporate machine produced this I guess I underestimate its capabilities?
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