Review of
Tilli
Turtle and the Sea Dragon, by Marcella Underwood
Five out of five stars
This
combination of fairy tale with images about a human girl/turtle named Tilli as
she travels around the world is a creative act of genius. The story is
constructed from snippets of rhyming verse that are good, written at the level
of the late elementary or middle school child. What elevates the book to the
higher levels is the illustrations, their extreme detail that will give the
artist an essentially unlimited opportunity to color in the details.
To do that, the
artist will need colored pencils with very fine points, for some of the
features are small with undulating borders. Even the steadiest of hands will
find coloring within the lines challenging. This is a book that will provide
hours of challenging and creative entertainment. It would also serve well as an
adult coloring book.
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