Eric
Ratings22
Average rating4.3
This is such a beautiful collection of short stories with amazing illustrations of all sorts!
It's not on anyone's classics book...yet. But what a fantastic read! Fantastic is a key word, because every story feels like a fantasy, yet terribly real.
Yes, I, who grew up in suburbia when nobody knew it would take over America like a disease, I always thought of suburbia as a strange world but never ventured into the corners of suburbia that Tan takes us to in this book.
The pictures are perfect and the stories so thoughtful I would love to read them again and again.
Beautiful pictures and charming, thought-provoking surreal stories. Everything good in one small book.
A pleasantly weird picture book for adults. This may look like a picture book for children, but it is not. The tone is quite, well, ageless – this can be enjoyed on many levels. A quick read, but with themes that linger, and worth getting back to at later time.