Award-winning, bestselling author Pippa Goodhart explores the idea of personal space and sharing in My Very Own Space. We are introduced to a little bunny that just can’t seem to find a quiet corner to read his book. This idea of having a space of our own is something that most people, if certainly not most children, can relate to.
Erin loves the sea and longs to be able to go out with her mother on her fishing boat. Erin’s fishing town lives under the shadow of dark legend, however, and no one, least of all her mother, is going to let her go out to sea. Unable to suppress her curiosity any longer, Erin sneaks on to her mother’s fishing boat one day to find out for herself about the secret of Black Rock.
Mr. Tweed sets out on his afternoon stroll but soon meets some friends who need his help: hidden in the pages are some missing things and only Mr. Tweed can find them.
Within the Brownstone vault lie multiple treasures collected over thousands of years by that enterprising and adventurous family. But the most astounding treasure is the collection of books written by Brownstones through the ages, a collection which is sure to inspire an echoing series of Flying Eye books.
This is a difficult book to review. It has all the visual quality you can expect from the guys at NoBrow: beautiful retro illustrated spreads, almost no text to get in the middle of that visual feast. It is gorgeous.
But the question is, does it work as a book?
