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Duncan Weller

Autor(a) de The Boy from the Sun

7 Works 35 Membros 2 Críticas

About the Author

Image credit: Duncan Weller is a Canadian writer and illustrator. He is currently working on adult stories, poetry, and short films.

Obras por Duncan Weller

The Boy from the Sun (2006) 18 exemplares
Night Wall (2005) 6 exemplares
Spacesnake (2004) 6 exemplares
Rocket Fish (2011) 2 exemplares
Tettrennial Drift 1 exemplar
Big Electric Cat 1 exemplar
The Love Ant 1 exemplar
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Conhecimento Comum

Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
Canada

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Críticas

The Boy from the Sun por Duncan Weller
The Boy from the Sun is a magical tale. It starts out as an ordinary day. As three children sit on the sidewalk on the way home from school. The children were all sad. Then a little body with a yellow shining head floats down beside them. Asking them why they are sad. With no answer the little boy makes a beautiful bird appear along with many more magical things. The children follow the boy as he takes them on a journey to the Sun.

The drawings are very simple black and white. The boy with the yellow shining head introduces all kinds of things that are colorful to the world to the children.… (mais)
 
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montrealgirl2005 | 1 outra crítica | Sep 28, 2008 |
The Boy from the Sun por Duncan Weller
An artistic triumph let down by the perplexing insertion of a mawkish, cackhanded, sub-Hallmark "inspirational" poem near the end. But one can skip over this abomination, or replace it with some really good verse, and enjoy the piercingly beautiful illustration and the simple charm of the story itself.
 
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yarb | 1 outra crítica | May 15, 2008 |
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Prémios

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Governor General's Literary Award
Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award

Estatísticas

Obras
7
Membros
35
Popularidade
#405,584
Avaliação
½ 4.7
Críticas
2
ISBN
5