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Caldecott 수상작가인 토미 드파올라의 아름다운 그림책입니다. 국내에서는 "인디언붓꽃의 전설"이라는 제목으로 번역서가 출간된 명작 그림책입니다.

이 책에서는 "Indian Paintbrush"라는 꽃의 유래에 대한 인디언의 전설을 Tomie dePaola의 시적인 글과 아름다운 그림으로 감상하실 수 있습니다.

어려서부터 왜소해서 친구들과 잘 어울리지 못했던 Little Gopher는 남과 다른 예술적인 재능을 지니고 있었습니다. 어느날 꿈속에서 할아버지와 아름다운 여인이 나타나 Little Gopher가 모든 사람들의 칭송을 받는 화가가 될 것이라고 예언하면서 언젠가는 석양의 순수한 아름다움을 그림으로 표현할 수 있을 것이라고 말해줍니다. Little Gopher는 그 후 수많은 그림을 그렸지만 꿈에서 봤던 석양의 아름다움은 적당한 물감을 발견할 수 가 없어서 표현할 수가 없었습니다. 오랜 소망과 노력. 그리고 인내 끝에.... 마침내 Little Gopher는 언덕 위에서 기적을 보게됩니다....






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Edition: Paperback, 40 pages
ISBN-10: 0698113608
ISBN-13: 9780698113602
책 크기: 25.3cm x 20.3cm



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School Library Journal
Little Gopher was smaller than the other young Indian boys of his Plains tribe, and although he tried hard, he could not do what the others did. The tribe's wise shaman assures him, however, that he has a different gift. As he grows up it is revealed to him in a vision that he will paint pictures of the glories of his tribe, that his own greatest work will someday be ``a picture that is as pure as the colors in the evening sky.'' As he grows older he does indeed paint the great deeds, the hunts, the visions of his tribe. But making paints to match the colors of the evening sky eludes him. One night, a voice directs him to a special vantage point where he finds brushes filled with wonderful colors. He creates at last his masterwork, and the next day the brushes have rooted and become the brilliant flowers we now call Indian Paintbrush. This book will inevitably be compared with The Legend of the Bluebonnet (Putnam, 1983), but the pivotal elements are very different. The humanity expressed in this story illustrates the value of perseverance, and of endurance of effort that will bring its reward. DePaola's softly rounded shapes and his hero's diminutive stature, downcast eyes, and sober mien breathe attitudes of acceptance, of quiet waiting, of diligent persistence. The picture of the boy gazing mutely, patiently, into the western sky is ineffably moving. And dePaola must have had a wonderful time painting the gloriously uplifting skies depicted here.


Publishers Weekly
According to PW , this tale of Little Gopher's artistic dreams is ``related with deceptive simplicity by dePaola; he enhances the plainness of the story with his primitive illustrations and . . . finds inspiration in the colors of the sunset.''


Ingram
This vivid retelling of an old Texas legend reveals how the Indian paintbrush, the state flower of Wyoming, first bloomed, and how a young brave dreams of creating a painting that will capture the beauty of a sunset. "A handsome retelling."--Booklist, starred review. An American Bookseller Pick of the List Book. A NCSS Notable Children's Trade Book. Full color.