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What we imagine is not always true but usually the reality is better

October 15, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Zola’s Elephant is one of those books that should have its own rating system. Maybe it is an apple. I like apples, but I prefer grapes. The story is three and a half apples while the illustrations are four apples. I like Zola’s Elephant, but I think I prefer other treats more. The story has the usual feel of being classic, modern, European and American all at once. It has no real time frame of when it is set but has a very “today” feel […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: assumptions, friendship, Pamela Zagarenski, Randall de Seve

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:386 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: assumptions, friendship, Pamela Zagarenski, Randall de Seve ·
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