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Now, the Caldecott award goes to the illustrator, not the author, so in a sense this is beside the point - but the author of The Hello, Goodbye Window is Norton Juster, the man who wrote The Phantom Tollbooth. These books are nothing alike and The Hello, Goodbye Window will not scratch your Phantom Tollbooth itch, but nonetheless, I felt that I should note this fact.
Anyway, this is a bright and colorful book in an illustration style that I do not particularly care for - it’s like a particular bright version of Quentin Blake illustrations, big blotches of color that splodge out from the strong black outlines. I always felt it rather unfair that Matilda got stuck with illustrations like that, although by now I’m so used to them I’d probably miss them if I read an edition without them.
However, if that is the sort of thing you like, then probably you’ll like the illustrations in The Hello, Goodbye Window too. The grandparents (possessors of the Hello, Goodbye window, from which one waves Hello and/or Goodbye) are a mixed race couple, which is nice.
Anyway, this is a bright and colorful book in an illustration style that I do not particularly care for - it’s like a particular bright version of Quentin Blake illustrations, big blotches of color that splodge out from the strong black outlines. I always felt it rather unfair that Matilda got stuck with illustrations like that, although by now I’m so used to them I’d probably miss them if I read an edition without them.
However, if that is the sort of thing you like, then probably you’ll like the illustrations in The Hello, Goodbye Window too. The grandparents (possessors of the Hello, Goodbye window, from which one waves Hello and/or Goodbye) are a mixed race couple, which is nice.
