this book is beyond beautiful and it's evident the craftmanship that went into it. loved the look of the paper cutouts easily creating dimension with painted stamps on some pages and linework to add the details in. a lovely heartwarming story about a sunday afternoon and how a grandson and grandmother spend it together.

really captures the magic of routine, and being young, and exploring the world and coming to understand it a little bit better

really great and powerful read. focuses on one woman's life and ancestry and the (voting) rights afforded to them. covers a wide range of history and would be a good read to kids learning about the civil rights movement.

my only drawback (truly if i could have taken just .001 of a point off i would have) is the art in the book. some i found wonderful and others felt lacking. perhaps it's just that the style is not my preference but there were points where it felt sketchy and unpolished. i can even find myself enjoying a sketchy unpolished look from time to time but there were too many instances of the illustration feeling rushed or unfinished. i will say that the backgrounds often looked almost hand painted and beautiful. you could really see the texture there. i just wish that had carried over more into the focal points in the images.

tldr: story was AMAZING. the art disappointed me. GREAT READ should read to your children.

as a certified halloween lover this is the cutest little picture book about a kid really deciding on a halloween costume and making it their whole identity for like a month. the art style reminds me of charlie and lola and is very cutesy which i love. the colors all really stand out too of course! and ofc it captures what halloween used to feel like when you were little. the nostalgia hits hard and feels so cozy in this!!