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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Well loved by my children, September 29, 2002
This review is from: The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher (Paperback)
I thought that this was a creepy looking book when I bought it. But since I had it, I decided to let my kiddos look at it and see if they liked it. They Did!! My three year old, who wants to read, had no problem 'reading' this story and finding out all sorts of interesting aspects to the pictures as he read the book. My son has bullied his little sister into helping him act out this little book. He has 'read' it to me many times over. He has enjoyed this book and so has my daughter. I rated it a four because, as I said, I found the pictures just a bit creepy when we first got the book. But it is well enjoyed by children, so I'd certainly buy it again. Enjoy.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
My 2-year old insists on this book every night!, September 4, 2000
This review is from: The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher (Paperback)
The illustrations in this book are wonderfully imaginative, detailed, and evocative. I enjoy the fact that there are no words which I think makes the sharing of the book with my daughter a more creative and interactive experience for the two of us. In other words, we tell the story together from night to night, and we are always discovering new elements. I delight at her discoveries from the illustrations, e.g. the green thumb on the produce man, the penguin in the shop window, the silly, satisfied grin on the strawberry snatcher as he/she swings down from a tree on a vine. There are seemingly endless possibilities for discovering and creating stories here. The characters in the book reflect people of different races/cultures in the most subtle ways which I appreciate for my daughter because, in fact, it reflects the world we live in, and makes the book less mono-dimensional. I have wondered if my daughter might find the story frightening, as the strawberry snatcher follows the grey lady from town and through the woods attempting to "snatch" her strawberries. If you pay close attention to the facial expressions on the characters faces, you get everything. The grey lady is contented at first with her bag of strawberries and rubs her tummy in anticipation of eating them. Then the suspense builds as she becomes aware she's being followed. She evades the snatcher, then is found, then evades again, then is found again. My child sees it as a game of hide and seek. The end is a happy resolution for both.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Eerie illustrations only scared an anxious mommy., September 17, 1999
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This review is from: The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher (Paperback)
A 4 year old friend of my daughter gave this book to her on her second birthday. As I "read" the book to my daughter the first time, I thought that it was too scary for a 2 year old and worried how I would explain what the strawberry snatcher was doing or what was happening in the eerie-looking swamp. To my suprise, she only said "turn pages again" when we finished, and asked me to "read" the book 4 more times in a row. She still likes it, and now I do too.
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