{"id":42380,"date":"2023-05-01T22:32:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T02:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=42380"},"modified":"2023-05-01T22:32:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T02:32:53","slug":"review-of-in-every-life-by-marla-frazee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=42380","title":{"rendered":"Review of In Every Life, by Marla Frazee"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In Every Life<\/em><\/p>\n

by Marla Frazee<\/p>\n

Beach Lane Books, 2023. 32 pages.
\nReview written April 3, 2023, from a library book.
\nStarred Review<\/p>\n

I’m a sucker for Marla Frazee’s illustrations. I don’t review even close to every picture book I come across, but I could not resist being charmed by this book. A note at the front says she got the idea from a call-and-response version of a Jewish baby-naming blessing done in a church service she attended.<\/p>\n

The text is simple. Every two spreads follow a pattern: “In every [blank], blessed is the [blank].”<\/p>\n

On the page with the blessing, we see eight to ten cameo pictures of people in that situation, and then you turn the page to a giant wordless painting where the blessing also applies. (The book is a bit bigger than most picture books.)<\/p>\n

The first spread is “In every birth, blessed is the wonder.” The pictures show pregnant women and babies with people who love them.<\/p>\n

“In every hope, blessed is the doing,” shows people accomplishing something – building, baking, fixing, making music, flying a kite. The big spread shows a family setting out to hike up a mountain.<\/p>\n

I think my favorite spread is, “In every moment, blessed in the mystery.” I love the moments she chose to portray.<\/p>\n

It all finishes up with “In every life, blessed is the love.”<\/p>\n

And this is another book you need to check out for yourself and enjoy the wonderful illustrations, because my descriptions aren’t enough.<\/p>\n

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Disclaimer: I am a professional librarian, but the views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n

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