The illustrations were lovely. The idea was nice but there’s no real story. I feel like it’s an okay book for under 4 year olds to look at the pictures for but it doesn’t have all too much substance.

This is a beginning book with about 3 words per page. It reminds me a little of Eric Carle’s style, just a little. The nephew was able to read much of this and felt so good about it. It is simple and good about how the child is simply part of the world and this is good.

I did enjoy the artwork, but this is for very young children. The nephew thought this was pretty simple. He said it was boring, but he was excited that he could read it, so he gave this 3 stars.

Love the simple yet colorful illustrations, but the text is a little too metaphysical.

With sparse text and bold collage illustrations, this picture book invites readers to ponder their connection to the world and their place in it. A young girl sees a yellow flower in a field and fish in a pond and realizes she is like them. She can roll down a hill, as a pebble rolls down a mountain. She can float along, just like leaves on the breeze. She is "a small part of it all." This story works on many different levels and could spark some thoughtful discussions, especially from upper elementary readers.

This would be a good book for very young children learning to read or just being introduced to the world around them.
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Bright clear and lovely pictures accompany the lucid text to convey the concept: everything including us is part of the world.

How are people like the world? In this exuberant picture book, a child compares herself to things in the natural world. It's a book that celebrates the place of humans in nature. Simple text, simple images.

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The Whole Wide World and Me was a quick read with interesting pictures, but I don't think it really said anything. The young girl compares herself to a flower, a cloud, a rock rolling down the hill -- all things that occur with very few people noticing. Based on the synopsis, it was a book about being a small part of a larger world, although I wish the focus of the story had been a little more obvious. I don't think it's something children will easily understand, and isn't that the point of a children's book?

This review can also be found at Do You Dog-ear? on February 4, 2019.