I am not a parent, yet I can imagine how well this book will do for story time. It is a gorgeously illustrated book telling a classic adventure in a new, modern manner. I've always loved the old adventure novels I inherited from my grandfather, and I grew up on Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland before I started reading Gaiman and Pratchett. Wildwood is a great way for young reading adventurers to start their journeys.
Prue is a young girl with a much younger brother, Mac, who she takes on her trips to the city. One day, Mac is kidnapped in a very strange way and Prue gives chase. But she enters the Impenetrable Wilderness of Wildwood a place very different and at the same time very similar to her hometown of Portland.
Again, the story itself is a quite classic children's adventure, but Colin Meloy has a style of writing that keeps the story moving. It never feels as if an adult is giving his interpretation on the actions of children. Rather, Meloy succeeds in writing believable children, with the right questions and motivations during their adventure through something unknown.
There are a great many children's books that have these qualities, but what I especially liked about Wildwood was the way in which characters are portrayed. The starting point of the story doesn't coincide with a journey of self-discovery that ends with all protagonists becoming Hero's and all antagonists realising the wrongness of their wicked ways. Characters develop in a very natural manner in which all of them are interesting, with both admirable qualities and foibles.
The illustrations are well done and interesting enough to be used during a good story telling session. They fit well in with the atmosphere of the book and add to the story without diminishing the fun of using your imagination.
Summarizing, Wildwood is a must read for lovers of a good adventure book and I think I can safely recommend it for anyone who wants to read this to their children at bedtime.
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