If you’re searching for an inoculation for the easily-taken-in teen, look no further than this highly stylized illustrated volume from Flying Eye. Thoughtfully designed for maximum engagement and cursory browsing, the reader who devotes herself to a hundred or so pages of this book will feel a sense of remove and widened perspective.
After introducing the topic author-illustrator Boardman surveys urban legends by era without getting bogged down in the details, and uses digital illustration and a palette of pinks, blues, and gold images to provide a lighthearted visual element to text blocks. Layout is more like a DK book than typical narrative non-fiction.
Eurocentric and although it sports a few typos, forgiving readers may appreciate Boardman’s consideration of global perspectives and how he shines a light on certain ableist angles perpetrated by urban legends. Generous backmatter includes an illustrated list of further reading, films for further viewing, a glossary, and an index. Accessible to readers at middle school levels and up. --Jessica Fenster-Sparber
Allsuch Boardman, Adam. An Illustrated History of Urban Legends. Flying Eye, London, 2024. Print.
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