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Cinnamon
Cinnamon
Reviewed by: Sarah Cropley - Scarborough Public Library, Scarborough, Southern Maine Library District
Review Date: November 6, 2017
Review
Cinnamon is an engaging and magnificent picture book that feels both classic and modern. Neil Gaiman weaves a story of a young princess in India who was born blind and does not speak. The Rajah and the Rani offer a great reward to anyone who can teach the girl to speak, but no one can until a giant man-eating tiger comes to the palace.
Gaiman's prose is lively and echoes the oral tradition in a way that will draw readers young and old into the story. Divya Srinivasan's use of bright color and complex patterns balanced with large areas of simplicity are the perfect accompaniment for the text and make this a book that will perform for a large story time and a one-on-one reading equally well. Some readers may be dissatisfied with the ending, which is left fairly open. Even so, Cinnamon well deserves a position in most libraries and classrooms.
Overall Book Score: very good
About the Book
Author:
Gaiman, Neil
Illustrator: Srinivasan, Divya
Illustration Quality: very good
Publisher: HarperCollins
Book Type: picture book fiction
Genre: fantasy,folklore
Audience: preschool,grades k-3
Binding Type: library binding
Binding Quality: good
ISBN: 9780062399618
Price: 17.99