It's a message we learn in childhood, but all too quickly forget: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." "Beauty is only skin deep." With its incandescent paintings and imaginative text, Ms. Rubinstein's Beauty shows us just how true these timeless sayings can be. Children will be enchanted...and surprised at every turn. "Ms. Rubenstein is a beautiful woman. But nobody knows it." No--they don't notice her wonderful eyes, delicate hands, graceful...
The beautiful children's book is usually an ugly beast. Formats that adults find appealing tend to bore young tots to a stupor. If a picture book looks good, nine times out of ten you can count on its writing being sub par or (far worse) "tasteful". Ugh. Still, I won't deny that I'm a sucker for a beauty. Toss me a pretty book and observe as my resolve turns to a kind of viscous goo. On a first glance, I found "Ms. Rubinstein's...
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