The Most Magnificent Thing

It's entertaining to both adults and children -- and a joy to read. Plus, the illustrations add a great deal to the story. The lessons of patience, persistence and anger management are universal. Bravo to Ms. Spires!!
Dr 2th

The kindle version is one of those that looks like someone scanned in two opposing pages of a book on every page. The pictures are too small to enjoy even though the artwork is very nice. Pictures are part of the story. And kids want to look at the pictures. There are sometimes five or six little pictures to a page.

The type is too small. It's one of those that you have to swipe to enlarge every single sentence for reading . For the age that it is written that's still too small (again because there are basically two pages on each screen).

The story is very good until the end. It's interesting and imaginative and a good example of how the creative mind works...until the end. As an artist I REALLY don't like that her final creation is something that already exists. That is not how the creative mind works. It's not a lesson I want to pass on to my grandkids. We create together and I want to instill a love of investigation, imagination, innovation, and invention; not that it's okay to get mad and frustrated trying to recreate someone else's magnificent idea.

I give two stars for the pictures and idea ( until the end).

If it were a magnificent finished creation I'd give it five stars.

I do NOT recommend the kindle version of this book. It's a decision I will consider more carefully in the future. For now I'll just delete it. I don't want my grandkids reading it.