An Awesome Book of Love! By Dallas Clayton

                                        An Awesome Book of Love

Dallas Clayton

HarperCollins

December 26, 2012

56 Pages

                                              Picture Book/Fiction

                                                                  

 I actually read this book about a year ago when my mother gave me a copy. She had bought one for her class library and insisted I put a copy in my classroom library one day. This is a story about love and shares the joy you may have just by being a part of someones life. There is rhyming and rhythm throughout the book which makes me love it that much more. An Awesome Book of Love was written from the author to his son. This book contains lines like "If I was a dinosaur ....and you were a jet ...there's a good chance. That we'd never have met". There are many analogies like this comparing one thing to another. 

     This book contains illustrations that are truly some of the best illustrations I myself have ever seen. The illustrator used a mix of mediums which really showed the contrast from one thing to another. Most of the book is illustrated using watercolor paints and pastels. The drawings are very simplistic. It looks as if a child drew some of the pictures. Some of the colors used are warm yellows, greens and oranges. These pictures are very intense in color. The illustrator also used what seems to be digital art to compile some of the pictures. For example the page with all of the apples randomly spread throughout the page. Another example was the page that talked about Summer and then Fall. There are some illustrations that were put together using digital art. Clayton did a stupendous job when putting the text together with the illustrations.

     This would be a great book for children of all ages especially in elementary school classrooms. This piece of literature allows for multiple educational opportunities. Children could use this book to learn about comparing and contrasting. This would also be a great time to learn some new vocabulary. Rhyming words is the first thing I would use this book to teach. Not only does this book allow for a breath of fresh air it also has an endless supply of learning opportunities. This book has no awards at this time.