For yes, Cole’s depictions of nature, they are richly colourful, lushly descriptive and indeed as such appealingly visually stunning (and I also totally do appreciate how sweetly cute and cuddly the Furry Eyefuls are rendered and that Kartusch the blind green snake is illustrated as the benign and wise creature he or she obviously is and not drawn by Robin Cole as in any manner monstrous or visually frightening).īut yes, and also a bit sadly, with regard to author Stephen Cosgrove’s presented text, no indeed, I have not really all that much found what Cosgrove textually has to say either truly enchanting or much engaging. Discovered on Open Library whilst I was doing a bit of research on nature themed picture books and then downloaded and borrowed because I happened to find the book cover image very much aesthetically appealing (and suggestive of many potential natural delights) I really do have to point out that the only reason I am in fact still considering rating Kartusch with a low three stars is that I really and truly do massively adore Robin Cole’s absolutely marvellous and visually delightful accompanying illustrations.

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