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Title: UGH -- illustrations are awful!
Review: I ordered this book based on the glowing reviews of its illustrations. Well, the book arrived yesterday, and I was hugely disappointed. The illustrations are just horrible. They are way too "cutesy" and overly colorful -- completely at odds with the old-fashioned, nostalgic feeling conjured up by the poem. I enjoy detailed illustrations, but here it is overkill -- each page is crammed with way too much detail. The pages look messy, and my two-year-old feels confused when he looks at them. But worst of all, a crew of overly-cutesy (or just plain ugly!) elves appears on every page. They clutter up the pages and make the illustrations confusing. I will DEFINITELY look for a different, more classic version of this book.
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