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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Paper John can make anything out of paper: a hat, flower bouquet, house, boats and more. One night a little devil is tied up outside the window; Paper John rescues him and shares food and lodging. The devil steals from the townspeople and attempts an escape on Paper John's kite. Trapped, the devil calls on the four winds to destroy the town. Paper John proves himself to be heroic, while the devil goes 'back to where he came from.' The story is complemented by the colorful illustrations. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
A good-hearted fellow who lives by the sea in a paper house and makes paper boats for the village children comes up against the devil in a life or death situation which can be salvaged only by his skill with paper folding. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Although I have read quite a few children's books illustrated by the talented David Small - Sarah Stewart's The Library, and The Gardener, Elise Broach's When Dinosaurs Came with Everything, Heather Henson's That Book Woman - this is only the second title, following upon the classic Imogene's Antlers (a personal favorite!), that I have read that is both written and illustrated by him. I found the story charming, with its fairy-tale feeling - the stranger who comes to town, the defeat of the devil/demon figure, by a seemingly "simple" hero: these are common folk motifs - and charming artwork. Some of the visual details - the changing expression on the sun-face kite that Paper John is making, before and after the arrival of the demon - are really quite droll! Recommended to young readers who enjoy fairy-tales, and to fans of David Small. ( )