A beautifully illustrated book, this story tells of a sad little girl who imagines a different life. The imagery in the book is profound. This is a deep book for a child, but it is certainly meaningful and full of feeling.

It takes a little too long for the story to progress to the point where we realize the girl isn't depressed and acting on those impulses and instead just wants to play.

Unnaturally Blue hits deep in the feels with such a sad start for someone so blue internally, even bluer than the water she swims in with all of the people who could turn her day around if she'd just let them in and play a game. But soon, she finds a place in the water, deeper than the pool she's swimming in with lots of joyful bodies and finds some peace to remind her that she's stronger than she believes. When she imagines herself to be a sea creature, she emerges into the pool she started swimming in and imagines all of the swimmers as critters of the blue. They all have a joyful time when her mindset turns around. The illustrations were great, conveying the depth of her sadness to emerging happy-for-now. I enjoyed the various water dwellers that in real life I'd never like to encounter.
Thank you to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you Netgalley for providing the e-ARC for me to read. This book is about a girl who feels like she won't fit in. A journey to the unnatural place, deep under the pool in finding herself.

As an adult reader, I find this book very interesting. I spent hours admiring the illustration only!! It gives sureal feeling, somehow makes me a bit uneasy in the middle part of the book. Honestly speaking, the illustration makes it almost like a horror read for younger reader (in my opinion), probably because of the art style and the coloring (a bit too gloomy, I guess). But the proses are poetic, almost like nursery rhymes but make it for older children.