I really like the concept of this book.
Essentially, Colby Sharp asked 40 artists to provide some kind of story prompt, whether it be photo, drawings, poems, prose, etc. Then Colby took all of those prompts, and sent two back to the 40 artists. They picked whichever one they liked best, and made a response to it.
An amazon summary, "Book advocate Colby Sharp presents more than forty beloved, award-winning, diverse and bestselling authors and illustrators in a creative challenge!
Colby Sharp invited more than forty authors and illustrators to provide story starters for each other; photos, drawings, poems, prose, or anything they could dream up. When they received their prompts, they responded by transforming these seeds into any form of creative work they wanted to share.
The result is a stunning collection of words, art, poetry, and stories by some of our most celebrated children book creators. A section of extra story starters by every contributor provides fresh inspiration for readers to create works of their own. Here is an innovative book that offers something for every kind of reader and creator!
With contributions by Sherman Alexie, Tom Angleberger, Jessixa Bagley, Tracey Baptiste, Sophie Blackall, Lisa Brown, Peter Brown, Lauren Castillo, Kate DiCamillo, Margarita Engle, Deborah Freedman, Adam Gidwitz, Chris Grabenstein, Jennifer L. Holm, Victoria Jamieson, Travis Jonker, Jess Keating, Laurie Keller, Jarret J. Krosoczka, Kirby Larson, Minh L?, Grace Lin, Kate Messner, Daniel Nayeri, Naomi Shihab Nye, Debbie Ohi, R.J. Palacio, Linda Sue Park, Dav Pilkey, Andrea Davis Pinkney, Jewell Parker Rhodes, Dan Santat, Gary Schmidt, John Schu, Colby Sharp, Bob Shea, Liesl Shurtliff, Lemony Snicket, Laurel Snyder, Javaka Steptoe, Mariko Tamaki, Linda Urban, Frank Viva, and Kat Yeh." AMAZON LINK OF JUSTICE
I'm going to keep this review short and sweet since this is inherently a collection of short stories. Do the stories take on different forms, yes, but they are all essentially a story.
I really like this idea, and I loved the prompts at the end to get people to engage in making their own stories.
...however.
I struggle a little bit with short stories. I usually like to see the full story rather than a series of open endings. If it's a book of tales, and I know that going into it, I'm usually fine. Some of these stories felt a little too unfinished to me, so I don't think I enjoyed it as much as I could have.
I did really enjoy the different interpretations or responses the artists created, and I wrote down some authors whose responses I enjoyed more to go check out some of their work.
I also appreciate the sheer creativity encased in one book. There was a lot of brilliance contained within the pages, and I have great respect for that.
Overall, I did enjoy it, but now I just want to read more books. Haha...BOOK LIFE!
Happy reading!
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