Lawrence David (–2022)
Autor de Beetle Boy
Series
Obras de Lawrence David
Horace Splattly: When Second Graders Attack (Horace Splattly: The Cupcaked Crusader) (2002) 49 copias
Horace Splattly #3: Terror of the Pink Dodo (Horace Splattly: the Cupcaked Crusader) (2003) 37 copias
Horace Splattly, The Caped Crusader:To Catch a Clownosaurus (Horace Splattly: the Cupcaked Crusader) (2003) 34 copias
Horace Splattly Cupcaked Crusader Gift Set (Horace Splattly, the Cupcaked Crusader) (2005) 10 copias
The Devil's Tail 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2022-05-07
- Género
- male
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
Premios
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 21
- Miembros
- 467
- Popularidad
- #52,672
- Valoración
- 3.3
- Reseñas
- 3
- ISBNs
- 63
- Idiomas
- 4
Well, here's a book that's got ratings all over the place! As of the date of my review there is one super-low, one super-high (mine), and two solid in the middle. Here's why I went with super-high: 1. The pictures are delightful. Crisp, clean, a little blocky, with great expressions on faces 2. The story makes me giggle more than once in a reading. 3. The writing is well designed for being read aloud. 4. I like the people in the story. They feel 'real' to me.
The only possible con I have: it's a wee bit lengthy for a picture book. I'm okay with that because the story is so good and I don't see anything to cut. It's wordy with a purpose, not just because someone didn't know how to write or edit.
The title page states that this book was inspired by Franz Kafka's 'The Metamorphosis'. I can't speak to that, as I've not read Franz Kafka's 'The Metamorphosis'. But I have read Beetle Boy, and I find it quite a delightful book.… (más)