Emilie Leduc

This was a pretty good book for the most part. It went through the months of the year and it was written in poem form. Even though this was the case, it was very easy to follow and understand. The thoughts were especially organized because each page was for a different month. This type of poem was full of description and didn’t have any rhyming within it. While I was reading, I found myself confused at first because it took a minute for it to register that I was reading different poems. In a way, each poem told you what goes on with the weather during that time. For example, in January the little boy stays inside with hot chocolate but during June and July he is swimming. The characters in the book is just the little boy and his cat. The story was told from a first person point of view because the boy is describing what he is doing during the year. This isn’t your average story so the plot wasn’t as clear as it would have been. There were also no conflicts within the story. The illustrations were very clear and easy to follow. I liked that the cat was on every page and he was part of the story as well. For example, for October the boy was talking about Halloween and then for the illustrations, there was his black cat. It was standing there with a hump in its back just how it’s usually resembled for Halloween. I like this about this story, the author took everything into consideration when creating this book. This version of poetry was easy to follow because it all made sense especially if you are familiar with the different seasons.… (más)