Title: Illustrations sell the book
Product review: Verdi, a yellow python, is determined never to become old and green and stodgy, and sets off trying to retain his youth. The "seed" is good; and in the hands of a talented writer, it would come to full blossom. However, Verdi never actually experiences full blossom in Cannon's hands. As a professor of children's literature, I found her writing didactic, the language flat. On the other hand, the book has experienced wild popularity. This no doubt proves that exquisite illustrations (and savvy marketing) can sell a book, even when the story itself leaves children and adults alike yawning. Some people are writers. Some people are illustrators. A very few people are author/illustrators, and Cannon cannot be counted among this elite group. Perhaps she should give thought to illustrating the stories of others.
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