October 2016, Exisle Publishing, 32 pages, Hardback, Review copy
Summary from Exisle
Sarah’s mother is tired of finding odd socks in the laundry basket.
Where do all the missing socks go? Sarah’s mother is pretty sure the
puppy is responsible but Sarah knows better. And her mother simply
mustn’t find out the truth! The Great Sock Secret is a
wonderfully fun adventure into an imaginative world that’s home to some
very cool fairies. You’ll never look at your socks in the same way
again!
Nayu's thoughts
While not entirely my
favourite colour palette or style I liked how the pictures were cute
and quite realistic in style. In this story more than some other
picture books the pictures told over half the story - there wasn't a
mention of the fairies or what they did until the end, which I found
unusual but not a negative point. While I had wanted to know more
about the fairies from the stories, the pictures really did speak
volumes. The absence of information makes the reader think about what
they are seeing, that the fairies used socks to play with and for
ordinary life activities. Sarah helps hide the fairies from being
discovered by her mother by searching the places the fairies lived
herself, until the end when her mother thinks about searching for
another item which is also used by the fairies!
The only odd thing
which did bring down the grade for me was that on the last few pages
which has the same washing line with socks at the front of the book
with fairies stealing socks, there's a boy fairy who doesn't have
legs. There's just background where the legs should be. it looks
super weird, and there's no other item that's blocking them from you.
That aside I loved the sheer variety in the fairies hair and clothes
as well as all the activities they do with odd socks. I love and only
really wear odd socks, so fairies will love my sock drawer!
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