Thomas Aquinas Maguire
Autor(a) de A Growling Place
About the Author
Image credit: simplyreadbooks.com
Obras por Thomas Aquinas Maguire
Associated Works
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1981
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Rochester, New York, USA
- Locais de residência
- Denmark
New York, New York, USA - Educação
- Rochester Institute of Technology
- Ocupações
- toy designer
children's book illustrator - Organizações
- Fisher-Price
Lego
Membros
Críticas
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 2
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 26
- Popularidade
- #495,361
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Críticas
- 3
- ISBN
- 2
Intrigued by the cover image, in which bear and girl growl together, and with evident abandon, I picked up this rather unusual picture-book on an impulse, and I'm glad that I did. I'm not familiar with Maguire's work, but I certainly hope to see more of it! The detailed illustrations - done in pencil? - are immensely engaging, with a surreal quality that really spoke to me. I can't say I was as thrilled with the narrative, which seemed intentionally disjointed, but for a first effort on Maguire's part, this is a lovely little book. I even liked the design, with its unusually oblong shape.… (mais)