For those of you who have been reading LE for awhile, you know I have a toddler at home and when an opportunity comes along to review a children’s book, I take it. With that said, I was given the chance to read The Dragonfly Secret by Clea Adams and John Adams with illustrations by Barbara L. Gibson.
The story itself is actually kind of cute, but maybe it’s just my frame of mind, but I couldn’t finish it. Up until the last couple of pages, the story is moving along and the dragonfly was seeing new things and then it figures out the secret. That’s the part that really got to me. Learning the secret. The book was fine up to that point, but the secret is kind of depressing. I’m sure Ian wouldn’t think so, but as a parent, the topic is really something I don’t want to think about.
Overall, the story was good if you can get past the ending. It really didn’t keep Ian’s attention to much, but the book was a little old for him.
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