Ellen Fischer
Autor(a) de The Count's Hanukkah Countdown (Shalom Sesame)
About the Author
Séries
Obras por Ellen Fischer
Release-Methode, Schmerzfrei mit der 2 exemplares
Associated Works
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Outros nomes
- FISCHER, Ellen
- Data de nascimento
- 1947
- Sexo
- female
- Local de nascimento
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Locais de residência
- Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
- Educação
- Washington University in St. Louis
Membros
Críticas
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 14
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 434
- Popularidade
- #56,344
- Avaliação
- 3.5
- Críticas
- 10
- ISBN
- 57
- Línguas
- 1
- Marcado como favorito
- 1
I picked up Latke, the Lucky Dog with some anticipation, hoping for a sweet holiday tale about an animal finding a home, and that is just what I got. That said, the text sometimes felt a little clunky to me, and the first-person narration from Latke's perspective was often a little forced. The artwork is colorful and cute, although the human faces (particularly the eyes) were somewhat off-putting to me. This is my first book from author Ellen Fischer, but I have encountered and enjoyed illustrator Tiphanie Beeke's work before, in Julia Rawlinson's picture-books about Fletcher the fox, so I was surprised to find that the visuals didn't strike more of a chord with me. Perhaps Beeke is simply better at depicting animals than humans. There's nothing really wrong here, and I would still recommend this one to those seeking picture-book set at Hanukkah (rather than about Hanukkah itself), but somehow I expected to enjoy it more than I did.… (mais)