Forever Young by Bob Dylan

I immediately fell in love with this book because I consider Bob Dylan to be one of my all time favorite musicians and I have listened to him and immensely enjoyed his music for years. The book is the artist Paul Rogers' interpretation of Dylan's classic 1974 song Forever Young, which he penned about his own son. The illustrations are inspired by Dylan songs and pieces of his life and career. I really enjoyed all the subtle winks to Dylan's songs and life in the illustrations (such as Woodie Guthrie records, a Highway 61 sign, etc.). Fans of Dylan will not be disappointed by this engaging and colorful homage to a truly great song and artist. The story itself is quite simple: it is the lyrics to the song Forever Young. I've always enjoyed the extremely uplifting message of this song ("May you always do for others, and let others do for you"). My favorite part of the book is a section at the end titled "Illustrators Notes." This afterword has a list of some of the images found in the illustrations and how they were inspired by Dylan's songs and life. I loved this book, and it was one of my favorite children's books I read all semester.