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A carregar... Augustinepor Mélanie Watt
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Brilliant. More serious than the books starring Chester and Scaredy Squirrel, with a theme that has pretty much been done to death. But MW breathes new life into it with an unusual species for the MC, terrific book design illustrations, some silly puns in the text (cold feet, iceberg lettuce). and lots of references to masterpieces of art. I loved the variation on the Magritte, and I especially appreciated that I was introduced to an artist I'd somehow never heard of before: Lawren S. Harris. Have you ever heard of him? ( ) When Augustine's family must move from the South Pole to the North, the young penguin is dismayed to leave behind her extended family, and her friends at school. Will she and her parents be the only penguins in the Arctic? Will she make friends at her new school, despite her strange accent? Luckily, Augustine has her artistic talent to fall back on... An engaging and reassuring tale about moving, from the author of the Scaredy Squirrel and Chester books, Augustine also introduces young readers to the joy of art, through its heroine's paintings, which imitate real masterpieces. Attribution of these is given in a brief afterword, in case more motivated readers are interested in pursuing the subject. The conceit of having penguins at the North Pole works well here, emphasizing the way in which a recently transplanted child feels like a foreigner, and the colorful illustrations will keep young readers involved. All in all, this is a solid picture-book, which can be appreciated either as a reassurance tale or an "identify that painting!" type art book. Reviewed by Valerie Nielsen (CM Magazine, Nov. 10, 2006, Vol. 8, No. 6) http://umanitoba.ca/outreach/cm/vol13/no6/augustine.html Reviewed by Carolyn Phelan (Booklist, Nov. 15, 2006, Vol. 103, No. 6) Kirkus (Kirkus Reviews, August 1, 2006, Vol. 74, No. 15) Horn Book (The Horn Book Guide, Spring 2007) sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
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