Author: Ransom Riggs
Artist: Andrew Davidson
The artwork that is the head page for each story is absolutely lovely. Mr. Davidson does mostly block prints and etchings I believe, and is masterful in his work. (as an artist, I can tell you that I have not the patience for that level of detail.)
There are a few in this book I actually wouldn't mind if they released as posters. I believe they'd make lovely wall pieces.
The cover of this particular book is one I like a lot. It is cloth/canvas/faux cloth bound with gold colored stamping and feels very nice in one's hands. A very good contrast to the Plasticine, shiny book covers that frequent the markets today.
The stories within (as it is a collective of short stories) are all within the "world" of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children . This is a world that intersects our own, and thus makes it more believable in some senses.
I am a major sucker for fairy tales and folklore. Doubly interested if it's a "new" story or something I've not read before. This is one of those books. The stories rather reminded me of Aesop's fables in that they had lessons hidden within them (about greed, vanity, love, kindness, etc.) but if you're looking at it from the Peculiar's point of view (which I believe is the point, to immerse yourself in the world.) serve as warning stories very much like those of Grimm and Anderson.
I rather liked this collective of ten stories, seemingly put together by a boy who is a character in the Miss Peregrine's book. I probably will end up acquiring a copy of this for myself at some point.
BTW, the page on which you would normally find the information of ISBN, publisher, copyright, number of pages, etc. IS WORTH READING. It is a fun little easter egg that i'm sure most people would ignore due to that page usually including non content.
ISBN: 978-0-399-53853-7
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