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Coming and Going

Some of the illustrations are cool.  The bright colors of geometric shapes overlaid to create pictures was what caught my eye, but some the pictures have so many shapes and colors layered on top of each other that the point of the illustration becomes muddled, which is sort of fitting, as the message of the text is also less than clear.  It begins by talking about how humans used to walk everywhere, then it goes on to describe all the inventions and developments that have allowed us to take traveling great distance at ease for granted, then it shares how some of the animals manage to travel even greater distances, or at greater speeds, but then points out that the animals do so without disrupting the balance of our planet, while human transportation feats reshaped the landscape and cause pollution.  I’m not saying it’s not a worthy message, I just think neither the illustrations nor the text manage to deliver it very effectively.