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The Red Tree by Shaun Tan (2010)
, 9 Oct 2014
A lonely girl is in search of herself, lost without hope, and has to deal with herself and her demons to find happiness.
The Red Tree is an Ode to hope, to expect always the best, even in our darkest moments. A visual song about self-acceptance and about accepting life with its lows and highs. A book with very few words that, however, conveys deep emotions: sadness, loneliness, doubt, struggle, isolation, hope, happiness and triumph. The reader connects immediately with the little girl character because any of us has had in the past some of those emotions or feelings. We get this sense of oneness with the little girl, and feel victory with her when she finds her red tree.
This is one of this books that I re-read and peruse when I feel sad, when I feel stuck, when I want to remember that there is always hope, and life is full of surprises around the corner.
Some children's books are forever, Universal, and full of unspoken poetry. This is one of them.
The Red Tree is an Ode to hope, to expect always the best, even in our darkest moments. A visual song about self-acceptance and about accepting life with its lows and highs. A book with very few words that, however, conveys deep emotions: sadness, loneliness, doubt, struggle, isolation, hope, happiness and triumph. The reader connects immediately with the little girl character because any of us has had in the past some of those emotions or feelings. We get this sense of oneness with the little girl, and feel victory with her when she finds her red tree.
This is one of this books that I re-read and peruse when I feel sad, when I feel stuck, when I want to remember that there is always hope, and life is full of surprises around the corner.
Some children's books are forever, Universal, and full of unspoken poetry. This is one of them.
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