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Deborah Nourse Lattimore

Autor(a) de Cinderhazel

17+ Works 1,560 Membros 62 Críticas

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Obras por Deborah Nourse Lattimore

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Gittel's Hands (1997) — Ilustrador — 155 exemplares

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Conhecimento Comum

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female

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It makes me happy that this book exists, and the marginal illustrations, the author's tribute to the glory of the Book of Kells, make me even happier. When you dig a little deeper, unfortunately the story is a little bit silly. The Three Brothers theme is okay. The Good Deed Rewarded theme is okay. A bit more meticulous detail about the meticulous detail that created the Book of Kells would have been nice; I'm sure the author would be up to describing the preparation of parchment, the creation of ink and colour, and the process of transcribing the text and decorating the page. But the inanity of the monks' supposed motivation is beyond belief: "According to an ancient law," explains the scribe, "once the Book is completed, no one, not an Irish king nor a Viking lord, can attack us again." Other than the law of gravity and its like, there was no law to which the Vikings subscribed that was not part of their own oral tradition, and certainly no Christian law would deter them from the prospect of loot. Christian kings weren't that much better, although moral suasion could be exerted on them; but the existence of a particular book of Gospels would never be the deciding factor. Think of Henry VIII despoiling the monasteries some hundreds of years later: the king WAS the law. This ridiculous idea was enough to make me unable to enjoy the book as much as it probably deserves. And the brothers never get together again in the story, which is a pity.… (mais)
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muumi | 3 outras críticas | Oct 13, 2022 |
This was a favourite picture book of mine back in my childhood. I remember walking to the library frequently after school and never failing to pull this one off the shelf for yet another re-read. The story is so funny and entertaining that I never got tired of it, and I was absolutely entranced by the wonderfully detailed artwork that helped to illustrate the absurdity of the tale.
 
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serru | 4 outras críticas | Oct 6, 2022 |
Madame Pompenstance decides to decorate her hair with seashells in a desperate attempt to win the prize for the Best Headdress at the Fancy Dress Ball, but she doesn't notice the ship that sails onto her head when she bends down to gather shells at the beach . “Lattimore has crafted exquisite, historically accurate illustrations that will provide as much mirth as her tongue-in-cheek tale.
 
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riselibrary_CSUC | 4 outras críticas | Sep 7, 2021 |

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Obras
17
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Membros
1,560
Popularidade
#16,524
Avaliação
½ 3.4
Críticas
62
ISBN
52
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2

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