Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Joy the Jellyfish

Joy the Jellyfish is a cute picture book written by Kristen Collier and illustrated by Kevin Collier.
It's about a transparent jellyfish who is unseen or unnoticed by all the other sea creatures. Joy is lonely and wants a friend more than anything. But what can she do to get one when she's almost invisible?
At last Joy travels far from the Great Barrier Reef and meets someone who not only befriends her, but teaches her how to make other friends by offering her friendship to them. I won't give away the plot by telling you who it is that helps her.
The wise knowledge that you have to be a friend to make a friend will be helpful to young readers and those who hear this book read aloud to them.
Kids are often caught up in attempts to be popular and I hope learning the wise words in the book from Joy's adviser that a true friend sees you from the inside out will help them focus on what really matters as they grow older.
Of course Kevin Colliers illustrations are perfect expressions of the story. I have a feeling the Colliers are good examples of friends as well as being husband and wife.

2 comments:

Connie Arnold said...

Thanks for sharing the review, Jan. It sounds like a sweet story and I'm sure the illustrations are great!

Janet Ann Collins said...

Thank you, Connie.