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국내에도 "뗏목을 타고", "곰에게 들려 준 이야기", "조금만 더" 등 여러권의 번역서가 출간된 짐 라마르크가 퓨마를 보기를 꿈꾸는 소녀의 소원이 이루어지는 과정을 파스텔풍의 아름답고 섬세한 그림으로 보여줍니다.

외진 곳에 있는 할머니집에 온 소녀는 한가지 간절한 소망이 있습니다. 그것은 바로 퓨마를 보는 것. 북미 대륙에서 퓨마는 예전에는 비교적 자주 눈에 띄는 야생동물이었지만, 요즘은 서식지 파괴와 가축을 보호하기 위한 사냥 등으로 인해 개체수가 줄어 들어 멸종 위기에 몰리는 바람에 좀처럼 발견하기 힘들게 되었습니다.

할머니는 소녀의 꿈이 이루어 질 수 있도록 교대로 망도 봐주고, 커다란 소금덩어리를 사서 집에서 관찰할 수 있는 곳에 놔두기도 했습니다. 퓨마는 소금을 핥기 위해 나타날 수도 있다고 하네요. 하지만 오랜 기다림에도 퓨마는 좀처럼 나타나지 않았고, 소금덩어리는 점점 녹아버려서 크기가 작아졌습니다.

오랜 인내심도 한계에 다다를 즈음, 어느날 아침 식탁에 앉아있던 소녀는 이상한 느낌이 들어서 창밖으로 고개를 돌린 순간, 멀리 소금덩어리가 있는 곳에 아침 햇살을 받아 황금색으로 빛나는 퓨마 한마리가 있었습니다. 소녀의 오랜 소망이 이루어지는 순간이었죠...

퓨마가 사라진 후, 퓨마를 보고 싶다는 소녀의 꿈은 이루어졌지만, 이제 새로운 꿈을 갖게 되었습니다. 그것은 멸종 위기에 처한 아름다운 퓨마가 이 세상에서 안전하게 살아갈 수 있도록 돕고 싶다는 것...

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What is 하드커버? 양장본이라고도 불리우며, 표지가 단단한 판지로 만들어진 책입니다. 판지를 천이나 가죽으로 감싸기도 합니다. 책의 속지는 일반적으로 중성처리된 종이(Acid-free paper)를 사용해서 잘 변질이 되지 않기 때문에 오랫동안 보관하기에 적합합니다. 이 종류의 책은 더스트 재킷, 또는 더스트 커버로 불리는 표지덮개가 함께 있는 경우가 많습니다. 간혹 내부 속지가 콩기름 코팅이 된 경우 고약한 냄새가 나는 책도 있습니다.

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Hardcover: 48 pages
ISBN-10: 1534429794
ISBN-13: 978-1534429796
책 크기: 28.6 cm x 24.7 cm



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Book Description
From award-winning duo Tony Johnston and Jim LaMarche comes a stunning, lyrical picture book about a girl’s desire to see an elusive California puma in the wild that includes interesting facts about this beautiful and threatened animal.
A girl visiting her grandmother longs for a glimpse of the solitary and rarely seen puma. Her grandmother tells her that if she’s patient, one day her wish will come true. But patience is hard, the girl thinks. So, the girl and her grandmother stand watch each day, and then finally, without warning, she sees the beautiful animal from afar. Knowing she may never see a puma again, she now knows it’s everyone’s responsibility to protect these increasingly threatened animals.


Kirkus Reviews
“A lovely, beautifully illustrated story of a child's dream fulfilled.”
A young girl is fascinated by pumas, and after months of waiting and watching, she sees a puma near her home.The unnamed narrator of the lyrically told story lives with her grandmother on a remote ranch in an unspecified location with mountains and canyons. The girl is fascinated with puma lore and legends, and her dream is to see a puma, even just once. She uses her allowance money to purchase a salt lick with hopes of luring a puma close enough for observation. After over a year of watching and dreaming, she finally sees a puma through the window as it circles the salt lick. The first-person story is told with evocative descriptions as the girl observes the environment around her with a dreamy, imaginative style enlivened by Gram's pithy country sayings. An oversized format and expansive double-page-spread format showcase the striking, realistic illustrations done in a glowing, golden palette. The accomplished paintings capture the beauty of the natural surroundings and help create a real world for the rather lonely child. The girl and her grandmother present white. An author's note offers more information about pumas as well as puma-conservation organizations, although exactly where pumas can be found in the U.S. is not made clear enough. The unlikely but real danger posed by pumas to humans is also not addressed.A lovely, beautifully illustrated story of a child's dream fulfilled.


Publishers Weekly
The girl who narrates this wistful idyll by Johnston (Loving Hands) lives with her grandmother amid rolling grassland. She has long dark hair and a starry-eyed expression, and she dreams of seeing a puma one day. (Her Gram calls it a “long-dream, for it may not ever happen.”) The puma population is dwindling, the girl knows: “Some are hunted down./ Some are forced from the land/ when people move in.” She sinks her allowance into a salt lick; it lures other animals, but not the one she wants to see. The wisdom of her grandmother (“Easy dreams aren’t worth a pin or a pickle”) helps sustain her as she gets a lesson in patient waiting. Johnston’s deliberately paced story foregrounds the sense of time that comes from living in the natural world, where things can take years, not minutes. Each softly tinted, naturalistic spread by LaMarche (A Story for Bear) captures a scene of rare beauty: a misty morning, a snowy dawn. While the text treats habitat loss and extinction, it focuses, too, on the simple joy of encountering an animal in the wild, where it is meant to be.


Booklist
Among the hills where she lives with her grandmother, a young girl has always wanted to see a puma, but, as Gram explains, because of their being hunted or displaced by humans, they’re rare. However, having heard stories of sightings, the girl’s hopeful. She even sets out a salt lick - “I imagine that big cat / slipping through our wheat field / on whisper-feet” - which only attracts other wildlife. Still, she remains vigilant through seasons, until, finally, she spies a puma in the grasses around the salt lick. Though fleeting, the experience inspires her in multiple ways. The girl’s eloquent, poetic narrative is reflected in LaMarche's evocative, richly hued, realistic illustrations, softly rendered in acrylics, pencil, and ink, which make equally great work of landscapes, mountain vistas, and close-up portraits of the determined narrator. The lyrical lines and warm scenes combine harmoniously to tell a lovely story that highlights the natural world, while also conveying the resonant power of aspirations. An appended author's note includes puma facts, Johnston's personal puma experiences that inspired the story, and lists some conservation organizations.


School Library Journal
“Beautifully illustrated with a strong conservation message.”
A farm girl dreams of seeing a puma in the wild. Her gram tells her that this is a “long-dream,” since pumas are elusive and their population is dwindling. The girl is determined and makes a plan. She invests her allowance in a salt lick. Months go by; the girl goes about her daily life and waits. Her patience pays off when she finally sees a puma licking her salt lick. The girl thinks he looks like a great golden ghost and she is inspired to pursue a new dream - to preserve and protect wild puma populations. Printed in landscape format, the realistic illustrations of a farmhouse and outdoor vistas are created with a combination of acrylic, pencil, and ink with frame-worthy skill. A soft and natural color palette places readers through the seasons gazing along the long horizon. Gently poetic first-person prose emphasizes the quiet beauty in the every day. An endnote contains information about pumas and a list of organizations dedicated to puma initiatives. VERDICT Budding nature lovers will enjoy this quiet, beautifully illustrated book with a strong conservation message.