Bloch, S. – author (2010). Reach for the Stars: and Other
Advice for Life's Journey. New York: Sterling. ISBN: 978-1402771293.
Annotation
A boy and his dog are given advice in the form of popular and
inspirational quotes and euphemisms.
My thoughts
This is an inspirational book that explains the how to handle the good
and the bad parts of life with quotes and euphemisms with humorous
illustrations. The illustrations in this book make these sometimes weird
sounding and popular figure of speech/euphemisms understandable. This is a good
concept book for children and will assist in building an optimistic thought
process.
The illustrations that incorporate photographs with ink drawings keep
this book edgy and humorous.
Literary
devices
Use of
sayings:
You’re got your whole life ahead of you!
You won’t always be top dog. In fact, sometimes you’ll be in the
doghouse.
Reading level/ Interest Age
Preschool and
up.
Reviews and Awards
Serge Bloch has
won a gold medal at the Society of Illustrators
Horn Book 2010
Author
website: www.sergebloch.net
Media: pen
and ink drawings with photography
Genre: juvenile picture book
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