Best Wishes Book

My first review got eaten by the computer. I swear, everytime I write a negative or slightly unenthusiastic review, GoodReads eats it. Not imagining that! So. Here I go again.

I love the idea behind this book. Best Wishes is from the Meet the Author series by Richard Owen publishers. It's a simple, first person narrative accompanied by lots of photographs; an autobiography for very young readers. What could be better?

The photographs. The photographs could be better. As I looked at them I wondered how small their budget was that the publisher couldn't hire a better photographer. Goodness.

But, since the computer ate my review I've had time to think about it. I think that the poor quality photographs are a good thing. Here's why: I'm going to use this book next year as the starting point for a whole unit of writing. We are going to study this book, and I'm getting a hold of other books in the series. I plan to check out every camera the school owns and send them home with my students. They can write their own autobiographies. The students can illustrate them with their own photographs, too. The lack of excellence in photography will keep them from being intimidated while the excellence in writing will guide and inspire them. Genius! Can't wait!