Many of the poems in this story have the original fairytales along with the reverse fairytale on the same page. This adds a different twist to the original fairytale and a fun one as well. This is great for comparing and contrasting in the classroom.
Color: The vibrant colors of the entire book as well as the opposite effects such as the mirror effect in the poem “In Reverse” has half night and the other day. This helps with the fairytale feel of the book.
Texture: The texture looks almost wooden or as if it’s on a canvas. Since fairytales have gone back in time many years, this makes the fairytale theme of the entire book more vintage.
Shapes: The shapes in the book are outstanding. They carry on throughout the two sides of the illustration. For example in “In the Hood” you see the wolf shape on one side and the trees continue the shape on the other. In “The Doubtful Duck” the four-way mirror like illustration compliments the ducks feelings of uncertainty.
Composition: Overall the elements come together to make a visually beautiful book. The bright colors, the vintage texture, the opposite shapes here and there, the mixture of lines all compliment each poem in a different way and add that much more of an affect to the poem.
Style: The author does a really good job of catching both sides of the characters personalities. For example in “Longing for Beauty” it begins with the point of view of the beast and then changes to the beauty. He changes the tone of the poem from one side to the next.
Illustrations: The illustrations work so well with the poems and are so significant for each poem. In the poem, “Longing for Beauty” the illustration is entwined as if coming together as it happens in the poem.
Singer, M. 2010. Mirror, Mirror. New York: Dutton.
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