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[ 책 소개 ]
* Society of Illustrators Gold Medal 수상도서
* Bank Street Best Books of the Year 수상도서
* CBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book
잭과 콩나무의 이야기 속의 거인 중에 앤더슨 가족은 대대손손 거인이었습니다. 그런데 앤더슨 부부의 아들인 휴잇은 거인이 아니라 정상적인 인간의 크기로 태어났습니다. 앤더슨 부부는 이런 작디작은 휴잇을 너무도 사랑해서 손바닥 안에서 재우기도 하고, 모자 위에 올려 놓고 다니기도 했습니다만, 그래도 아들이 너무 작아서 걱정이 되기도 했습니다.
거인 의사는 휴잇이 나이가 들면서 정상적인 거인으로 성장할 거라고 얘기해 줬습니다만, 5살이 되고 7살이 되어도 휴잇은 거인으로 자라지 못했습니다. 하지만 작다고 해서 반드시 나쁜 것만은 아니지요. 어느날 실수로 열쇠를 집 안에 둔 채 문이 잠겼을 때, 휴잇은 열쇠 구멍으로 들어가서 문을 열었습니다. 휴잇은 비록 거인들이 사는 세상에서 예외적인 존재였지만, 몸집이 작다고 해서 중요한 일을 할 수 없는 것은 아니라는 것을 증명하면서 거인같은 삶을 살았습니다...
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Paperback: 40 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1442460350
ISBN-13: 978-1442460355
책 크기: 27.7 cm x 22.8 cm
[ 영문 서평 ]
Book Description
Descended from a long line of giants, the J. Carver Worthington Andersons take their height very seriously indeed. You see, without exception all of the many J. Carver Worthington Andersons have been giants until now. And poor Hewitt—hidden in the floorboards, trapped in the flour vat, lost in the bedsheets—has his struggles being tiny. Oh, his parents worry: How will their son manage to live in a world of big things? Leave it to Hewitt to prove the power of being small.
Inspired by the tale of “Jack and the Beanstalk,” the inimitable Jerdine Nolen tells an original story of bravery and the power of the individual. Kadir Nelson’s imaginative and loving illustrations create a world where smallness rules—a world that children will want to return to again and again.
School Library Journal
Hewitt Anderson is a normal-sized boy born into a family of giants who firmly believe that bigger is better. At the age of seven, their son is so tiny that his anxious parents consult doctors and specialists from all over the world. When none of them can explain "the circumstances surrounding Hewitt's small and unimposing stature," the loving parents formulate some lessons in survival for the boy. However, it is the little guy himself who ends up helping them survive the lessons. They are constantly amazed at Hewitt's resourcefulness and talents and finally realize that rather than worrying so much about his size, they should recognize that he is perfect just the way he is-something that the youngster already knows. Nelson's funny, larger-than-life oil paintings warmly depict this African-American family and give readers a real sense of gigantic proportions. They are visions of contrasts in size. On one page Hewitt stands on the mantle looking at family photographs. He is half the size of the smallest frame. In other pictures, he is curled up fast asleep in the center of his father's hand, or riding on the brim of his mother's bonnet. Told in colorful language that begs to be read aloud, this humorous, oversize book offers a gentle look at accepting others as they are.
Review
Low on suspense but high on sheer feel-goodness, this Tom Thumb-like original tale will elicit sighs of content from readers and listeners needing a change of pace. Born to adoring, humongous parents, tiny Hewitt sometimes does get lost in his immense bed, or have to dive between the floorboards to avoid a passing broom. Still, not only do the good times far outnumber the chancy ones, but his size comes in downright handy when, for instance, his father carries him up a towering beanstalk, then turns out to be afraid of heights, or his parents lock themselves in the treasure house. Nelson's burly, monumental, brown-skinned giants positively glow with beneficence, and Nolen writes, as always, with a distinctive mix of humor and formality: Listening to his parents sing "made Hewitt's liver quiver and tickled his funny bone right down to his shoes." Here's proof that, when it comes to heart, physical size isn't the whole story. |
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