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Cargando... Queen of the Falls (2011)por Chris Van Allsburg
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This is not my favorite Van Allsburg -- Two Bad Ants holds that title -- but it is interesting to see his foray into biography/nonfiction. High quality sepia-tone illustrations, as you might expect. ( ) While I always admire Chris Van Allsburg's work, I do not always appreciate it. Sometimes it seems as though it is adult fantasy wedged into the children's picture book market. That said, I know that he and all of his work have fans among the short set, but it's an interesting select. Fortunately, "Queen of the Falls," is a work of non-fiction that is just off-kilter enough to draw the formidable drawing (and storytelling) genius of Van Allsburg. I haven't tried the story out on Juniors or Primaries as a readaloud, but my own 10-year-old loved it. I'll test it out on the 13-year-old upon his return from camp. As a Caldecott contender, I believe that the book has legs. Van Allsburg is a master, and in this title, his extraordinary use of white on sepia evokes the age & times of the subject, as well as the roiling quality of Niagara Falls and Annie Taylor's desperation as the erstwhile "queen." The characters' expressions are rendered with Renaissance-master-level precision. The cover and endpapers are sound, if utilitarian, but the cloth cover (obscured by most library copy covers)is brilliant. I have a question of eligibility, though. The title page lists 2010 as the date, while the copyright in the back is given as 2011. Hmm... While I always admire Chris Van Allsburg's work, I do not always appreciate it. Sometimes it seems as though it is adult fantasy wedged into the children's picture book market. That said, I know that he and all of his work have fans among the short set, but it's an interesting select. Fortunately, "Queen of the Falls," is a work of non-fiction that is just off-kilter enough to draw the formidable drawing (and storytelling) genius of Van Allsburg. I haven't tried the story out on Juniors or Primaries as a readaloud, but my own 10-year-old loved it. I'll test it out on the 13-year-old upon his return from camp. As a Caldecott contender, I believe that the book has legs. Van Allsburg is a master, and in this title, his extraordinary use of white on sepia evokes the age & times of the subject, as well as the roiling quality of Niagara Falls and Annie Taylor's desperation as the erstwhile "queen." The characters' expressions are rendered with Renaissance-master-level precision. The cover and endpapers are sound, if utilitarian, but the cloth cover (obscured by most library copy covers)is brilliant. I have a question of eligibility, though. The title page lists 2010 as the date, while the copyright in the back is given as 2011. Hmm... sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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The story of Annie Edson Taylor, who in 1901 decided to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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