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Title: What's the big deal?
Review: I don't care if this book won both the Caldecott and Newbery - it was a bland and insipid personal view of the poetry and spirit one of the gratest poets alive. I cannot imagine giving this to a child to read when they could be given the REAL Blake, which children are fully capable of enjoying (as the author herself did). The author tries to incorporate some of the original rhythm in Blake's poetry, but that's about all I recognised, aside from the name dropping of some of Blake's most memorable images. Fine, if you don't really care about exposing your children to Blake. The 2 points are for the pretty illustrations.
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