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[ 책 소개 ]
* An ALA Notable Book
* A Booklist Editors' Choice
* An IRA-CBC Children's Choice Book
세 명의 아이들이 원했던 것은 자신들을 돌봐주는 고마운 할머니에게 예쁜 모자를 선물하는 것이었습니다. 하지만 세 명이 모은 돈은 모자를 사기에는 많이 부족했지요. 아이들은 모자가게 주인인 코딘스키씨에게 부족한 모자값 대신에 잡일을 하게 해달라는 부탁을 하러 갔습니다. 하지만 성질이 괴팍해서 동네사람들에게 미움을 받는 코딘스키씨 집 뒷문에 누군가가 계란을 던지고, 마침 그 순간에 밖으로 나온 코딘스키씨는 세 아이들이 그런 짓을 한 것으로 오해를 합니다. 할머니는 코딘스키씨에게 연락을 받고 크게 낙담했습니다만, 아이들이 한 짓이 아니라는 것을 믿고는 해결방법을 가르쳐 줍니다...
미움도, 인종갈등도, 종교문제도 뛰어 넘을 수 있는 것은 바로 "사랑"이라는 것을 깨닫게 해주는 책입니다.
[ 서지 정보 ]
Edition : Paperback: 32 pages
ISBN: 0698116151
책 크기 : 26cm x 20.3cm
[ 영문 서평 ]
Book Description
After being initiated into a neighbor's family by a solemn backyard ceremony, a young Russian American girl and her African American brothers determine to buy their gramma Eula a beautiful Easter hat. But their good intentions are misunderstood, until they discover just the right way to pay for the hat that Eula's had her eye on. A loving family story woven from the author's childhood. Polacco has outdone herself with these joyful, energetic illustrations, her vibrant colors even richer and more intense than usual, while authentic details enhance the interest. A unique piece of Americana. --Kirkus Reviews, pointer review In this moving picture book, the hatred sometimes engendered by racial and religious differences is overpowered by the love of people who recognize their common humanity. --Booklist, starred, boxed review The text conveys a tremendous pride of heritage as it brims with rich images from her characters' African American and Russian Jewish cultures.A tribute to the strength of all family bonds. --Publishers Weekly, starred review
Publishers Weekly
Polacco--in the role of young narrator--introduces another cast of characters from her fondly remembered childhood. Brothers Stewart and Winston often invite the girl to join them and their Gramma Eula Mae--whose choir singing is ``like slow thunder and sweet rain''--at the Baptist church and to come for Miss Eula's bountiful chicken dinner. When the children hear Miss Eula longing for the fancy Easter bonnet in Mr. Kodinsky's hat shop, they plot to raise the money to buy it for her. Sharing her own family tradition, the narrator teaches the boys how to decorate Russian ``pysanky'' eggs, that both turn a profit and touch the heart of the crotchety immigrant hatmaker. Without being heavy-handed, Polacco's text conveys a tremendous pride of heritage as it brims with rich images from her characters' African American and Russian Jewish cultures. Her vibrant pencil-and-wash illustrations glow--actual family photographs have been worked into several spreads. Other telling details--Russian icons, flowing choir robes, Mr. Kodinsky's concentration camp tattoo--further embellish this moving story--a tribute to the strength of all family bonds.
Children's Literature
In this warm story the young Patricia and her two African-American friends want to buy a hat for the boys' grandmother to thank her for all of the wonderful Sunday dinners with her succulent chicken. When they go to the hat shop, other kids have just plastered the store with eggs. The ugly head of prejudice and racism against the Jewish storekeeper raised. Though blameless the kids must help out in the shop to repay the damage and insult. In the end the shopkeeper gives them the beautiful hat in the window that grandmother has eyed. Polacco demonstrates in the story and her art, that love and kindness can overcome evil and prejudice. This book, like Rechenka's Eggs, contains pictures of beautifully decorated Ukrainian-style Easter eggs, reflective of the many years Polacco spent studying art in the United States and Australia. (She has a Ph.D. in Art History with special emphasis on Greek painting and iconographic history.) - Marilyn Courtot
Children's Literature
Ms. Polacco spins another heartwarming story from her tapestry of real-life tales. Set in Oakland in a racially diverse neighborhood we watch eagerly as Stewart, Winston, and Trisha try to find a way to thank the boys' gramma, Miss Eula, for those scrumptious Sunday dinners. They decide to pool their money to buy her the Easter hat she admires. What can they do to earn enough for the hat? Clue: Pysanky eggs play an important part. Ms Polacco's paintings recreate the time period of the early '60's perfectly down to the photos on Mill Eula's dining room bureau. This is one of those special books that light up one's life. - Jan Lieberman
School Library Journal
Despite the differences in religion, sex, and race, Winston and Stewart Washington are young Patricia's best friends, and she considers their grandmother, Miss Eula, a surrogate since her own ``babushka'' died. On Sundays, she often attends Baptist services with her friends, and Miss Eula fixes a sumptuous fried chicken dinner with all the trimmings, after stopping to admire the hats in Mr. Kodinski's shop. The youngsters hope to buy her one, but when they approach the merchant looking for work, he mistakenly accuses them of pelting his shop with eggs. To prove their innocence, the children hand-dye eggs in the folk-art style that Patricia's grandmother had taught her and present them to the milliner. Moved by the rememberance of his homeland, the Russian Jewish emigre encourages the children to sell the ``Pysanky'' eggs in his shop and rewards their industry with a gift of the hat, which Miss Eula proudly wears on Easter Sunday. Polacco's tale resonates with the veracity of a personal recollection and is replete with vivid visual and visceral images. Her unique illustrative style smoothly blends detailed line drawing, impressionistic painting, primitive felt-marker coloring, and collage work with actual photographs, resulting in a feast for the eyes as filling as Miss Eula's Chicken Sunday spreads. The palette is equally varied, while the application of color is judiciously relieved by sporadic pencil sketches. An authentic tale of childhood friendship. |
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