A Small Blue Whale has one of those covers that makes you say, “Well this looks interesting. Let’s read it.”  However, while this is a delightfully nice book nothing “grabbed” me about the text. The illustrations, though, are fun and attractive. They have great color and a tone to them that is pleasant to the eye. These illustrations are realistically abstract. There is no question to what the animal is, but it is far from what the animal should look like.   The story is […]