The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher

One of my absolute favorite childhood books. Imaginative story with wonderfully detailed illustrations that inspired me to go to art school.

The illustrations in this book are wonderfully imaginative, detailed, and evocative. I enjoy the fact that there are no words which I think makes the sharing of the book with my daughter a more creative and interactive experience for the two of us. In other words, we tell the story together from night to night, and we are always discovering new elements. I delight at her discoveries from the illustrations, e.g. the green... Read Full Review

A 4 year old friend of my daughter gave this book to her on her second birthday. As I "read" the book to my daughter the first time, I thought that it was too scary for a 2 year old and worried how I would explain what the strawberry snatcher was doing or what was happening in the eerie-looking swamp. To my suprise, she only said "turn pages again" when we finished, and asked me to "read" the book 4 more times in a row... Read Full Review

I have to admit when I saw this book I wasn't impressed but I "read" it to my preschoolers anyway. There are no words to the book just pictures. Well, My preschoolers LOVE it!! I have read it at storytime the past couple of years and it is the most requested book by every class!! They love telling the story themselves. For that reason I give this book 5 stars. After all the book was written for them.

This is perhaps the most unusual, beautiful, elegant, and enigmatic wordless children's book ever made. It it an allegory about life, death, persistence, wisdom, love and transformation, at least to my eyes. My children have loved it, been scared by it, and laughed with it. It is a book that joins the ordinary world and the archetypal.