The Blur by Dan Santat, Minh Lê
Published by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers on May 3, 2022
ISBN: 059337746X
Pages: 40
Genres: Realistic Fiction
Format: Picture Book Fiction
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Time flies, and sometimes it can feel like a blur! This heartwarming, and lightly humorous, story follows the life of an energetic child from birth to graduation through sleepless nights, first steps, terrifying driving lessons until the moment they drive away to college. The beautiful full-paged illustrations, done in colored pencil and watercolor, show the exciting, and occasionally chaotic, lives of the child and their parents as the years fly by in mostly a blur, yet with moments when time seems to just stand still. This is sweet, entertaining story that many adults/older readers will be able to relate to. While younger readers will certainly enjoy this book and its engaging pictures, it will also serve well as a graduation gift for older children/young adults.

Reviewed by Regan Parker, Buxton Center Elementary School/MSAD 6