CM Magazine Reviews The Little Folk

CM Magazine reviews The Little Folk, written by Levi Illuitok and illustrated by Steve James.

“…there is distance and substance in the pictures; through careful shading, instead of looking weightless, the parkas look thick and heavy, mountains rear convincingly far away, and a mitten resting on the ground is shaped just so, so that we can tell the wearer is leaning their weight on that hand. The shadows on snow, with a few stalks of plants poking out, have that exact blue of shadows cast by an afternoon sun in winter. The people in the story are all dressed in a similar manner and have few distinguishing features, yet their simplified expressions and movements are lively, and they do not feel interchangeable…”

You can read the full review here.