The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt, a novel in pictures, by Caroline Preston is a wonderfully original book that I didn’t want to end. It is written in the form of a scrapbook filled with pictures, ticket stubs, ads, candy wrappers, vintage postcards, etc.  It’s the kind of book you just slowly pour over again and again.

Frankie is a young and independent girl in the 1920’s, and although her story is a bit cliche and predictable, it doesn’t matter. The book is a visual feast. and I only wish I had put it together myself.