My Name is Cernunnos is a heartfelt, charming children's book. I highly recommend it.
As a simple primer for animal magick, My Name is Cernunnos teaches children how to learn thoughtful lessons about their life by paying attention to their immediate environment and the animals that inhabit it. It's tone speaks to children of all ages in an honest and respectful way, and treats kids with dignity while teaching.
The book is also useful as an introduction to animal magick for adults. While reading, I found myself examining the messages given to me from the animals I've encountered. For example, I was bicycle commuting to work a few days ago, and all of the sudden a peculiar squirrel started running along side my bike as I was riding. I must have been biking at a rate of at least 12 miles per hour (a good speed for a bike, I have no idea if its a good speed for a squirrel), yet the squirrel kept up with me for nearly 20 ft before it dodged into the bushes. I would have brushed the encounter off as random squirrel activity, had it not been so extraordinary. I have been trying to figure out what this squirrel was trying to tell me for several days, and it is only now, after reading the book, that I feel like I have a good idea of what the squirrel may have been trying to say. Long story short, My Name is Cernunnos has given me an avenue in which to start exploring the deeper lessons of animals. I see rabbits, cats and deer all the time, and have never known what their messages were. Now I feel like I have an understanding of what their appearances in my life could mean, as well as some better questions that I could be asking myself to find inner balance, and a head start to a stronger awareness of the world around me.
My only negative critique of the book has to do with the printing of the images in it. The artwork in My Name is Cernunnos is expressive, tasteful, and vibrant. The print I received, however, has the beautiful pictures pretty pixelated for about the first third of the book, sometimes to the point where I cannot read the text in the images. This problem was not present in the digital images I've seen of the book. I am convinced that it is an error in the printing and not in the illustrations. Additionally, some of the text was placed too close to the spine (particularly on the third butterfly page), forcing me to uncomfortably bend the spine in order to read the text clearly.
I am absolutely positive that these problems will be corrected in future prints of this wonderful and enchanting book, and I feel that they in no way detract from the story or the message the book conveys, which is why I am waving away the negative critique mentioned as early bugs in the printing and giving My Name is Cernunnos a full five stars out of five.
I have heard rumors that the author is planning more books, and I am absolutely thrilled. I will be purchasing them immediately when they come out.
I highly recommend this book not only to Pagan children, but to ALL children and adults as well. I've got several friends with small children; I will be purchasing copies for all of them to enjoy. Thank you to the Author and Illustrator for this beautiful book, and thank you to Jupiter Gardens Press for publishing it.
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