Yokki and the Parno Gry by Richard O'NeillMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Who doesn't want a mythical white horse made of birds to take your struggling family away to a better place? Young Yokki and his traveling family have fallen on hard times--no one wants to buy their homemade goods, engines have replaced horses, and fences have been put up across the land. But his father always tells stories of the mythical horse, and, in this time of need, it rescues them and finds a land of plenty.
I LOVED the illustrations with the white horse, the Parno Gry.
But, really, what happened at the end? Was there really a mythical happy and plenty place? Because I've never heard of that kind of happy ending about the Romani. It was difficult to tell where this story took place--it feels like they intentionally left it unclear. But that made the ending even more mythical to me, although kids might just fall for it and not question anything.
But, yay, for a picture book about the travelers!
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