It won a Caldecott Honor.
The pictures are spectacular.
I was pretty excited about this book. I got it just the other day in the mail and debated wrapping it up and giving it to the kids for Christmas but thought better of it. I wanted to read it and couldn’t wait till Christmas. I remember it from when I was a kid. I loved it then and still enjoy reading it.
Though it’s about daughters, my boys were just as excited as Anwyn to read the book. It won a Caldecott award and for obvious reasons. The pictures are spectacular which always makes a book even more of a delight to read and the story itself is very engaging.
The king has sent for Mufaro’s beautiful daughters to choose one as a bride. The one daughter is kind gracious and the other is tempestuous and mean. The story is about their journey to the palace and how the king discovers the true character of each.
We love the book enough that I finally bought it instead of continuing to check it out at the library.
The colors are amazingly vibrant.
Meghan, you always find wonderful books. The pictures are amazing.
I wish Freyja would sit throught these sorts of books! I’ve given up looking for ones that I would enjoy reading to her, all she wants to read is a super weird story called “Nikki and the Pirate” over and over and over…
Yep, I had to put in my time reading those kinds of books. For me I think it was ‘Go Dog Go’