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A review by millennial_dandy
If You're Afraid of the Dark, Remember the Night Rainbow by Cooper Edens
5.0
Proof that picture books can be appreciated and enjoyed by adults.
Picture books are, in my reading experience, one of the most underrated art forms in our era of hastily, thoughtlessly, mass-produced twaddle. But I digress...
'If You're Afraid of the Dark, Remember the Night Rainbow' is 40 pages of gorgeous illustrations by author and illustrator Cooper Edens done in the technicolor palette of the 70s (though not quite psychedelic).
The glass half full energy of 'The Night Rainbow' shines through not only in its colorful artwork, but also in the sometimes quirky ("If you find your socks don't match, stand in a flowerbed"), sometimes absurdist ("If you lose the key, throw away the house"), sometimes whimsical ("If you have butterflies in your stomach, ask them into your heart") advice it offers readers.
Any child would love reading along (maybe making up their own answers to each dilemma) and as an adult I thought it was a lovely excuse to flip through pretty pictures and discover the night rainbow.
Picture books are, in my reading experience, one of the most underrated art forms in our era of hastily, thoughtlessly, mass-produced twaddle. But I digress...
'If You're Afraid of the Dark, Remember the Night Rainbow' is 40 pages of gorgeous illustrations by author and illustrator Cooper Edens done in the technicolor palette of the 70s (though not quite psychedelic).
The glass half full energy of 'The Night Rainbow' shines through not only in its colorful artwork, but also in the sometimes quirky ("If you find your socks don't match, stand in a flowerbed"), sometimes absurdist ("If you lose the key, throw away the house"), sometimes whimsical ("If you have butterflies in your stomach, ask them into your heart") advice it offers readers.
Any child would love reading along (maybe making up their own answers to each dilemma) and as an adult I thought it was a lovely excuse to flip through pretty pictures and discover the night rainbow.