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[ 책 소개 ]
* A New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year
* A Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book
* A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
* A Booklist Editors' Choice and Top of the List
* Fanfare, The Horn Book's Honor List
* A Parents' Choice Story Book Gold Award Winner
저녁을 너무 많이 먹은 아버지가 난로 앞에 앉아 있을 때, 그만 바지가 터지면서 바지의 단추들이 튕겨져 나가 난로 속으로 들어가 버렸습니다. 졸지에 단추들을 잃게 된 아버지는 부인을 부르고, 부인은 세 딸에게 도움을 청합니다. 큰 딸은 멋진 옷을 차려 입고 부자를 유혹해서 결혼을 한 후 단추들을 보내주겠다고 하고, 둘째 딸은 남자 차림으로 군에 입대해서 군복에 달려 있는 수많은 단추들을 아빠에게 보내주겠다고 합니다. 그런데 셋째 딸은 강가에 나가서 앞치마를 펼치고 하늘에서 떨어지는 단추들이 받아서 아빠에게 주겠다고 합니다. 셋째 딸의 계획은 황당한 것이지만, 첫째와 둘째 딸의 계획이 그럴듯 했기 때문에 엄마는 모두 좋은 계획이라고 칭찬을 해줍니다. 그런데 세 딸들의 계획은 당초 생각대로 맞아 떨어지지를 않네요. 큰 딸은 멋진 옷을 차려 입고 다리 위에서 서성거리다 강도를 만나 지갑까지 털리고 강물에 빠지지만 뱃사공의 도움으로 살아난 후 그와 결혼을 해서 외국으로 떠나게 되고, 군에 들어간 둘째 딸은 전쟁터에서 부상을 입은 군인을 돌봐주다가 서로 사랑에 빠지게 됩니다. 셋째 딸은 아무리 앞치마를 펼치고 하늘을 쳐다봐도 나무단추 하나 하늘에서 떨어지지를 않습니다. 하지만 셋째딸의 모습네 반한 목동은 좋은 꾀를 생각해 내고...
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Edition : Paperback: 32 pages
ISBN-10: 0374410135
ISBN-13: 978-0374410131
책 크기 : 25.4cm x 24.1cm
[ 영문 서평 ]
From the Publisher
When a father eats so much that he pops the buttons off his britches, each of his three daughters tries a different plan to find replacements.
Publishers Weekly
After their portly father eats so much that his britches burst and his buttons fly into the fire, three daughters concoct plans to find replacements. "A series of farcical mishaps steadily ups the comedy in this brightly polished romp," wrote PW in a starred review. Ages 5-up. (Mar.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
A series of farcical mishaps steadily ups the comedy in Cole's (Alpha and the Dirty Baby) brightly polished romp. After their portly father eats so much that his britches burst and his buttons fly into the fire, three daughters concoct plans to find replacements. Setting off to snare a man who will fall in love with her and give her his buttons, the eldest encounters a "band of ruffians" who tip her over the balustrade of a bridge. She ends up marrying the handsome bargee who rescues her and realizes only much later that she has forgotten to ask for even one button ("She decided she would send her father a postcard instead"). The second girl disguises herself as a man and joins the army, intending to give her father the gold buttons from her new uniform. But her regiment is whisked off to battle, and when a brave young ensign is wounded, she tears off her jacket to make bandages ("Many buttons were lost and destroyed in the process, but who could think of buttons at a time like this?"). It falls to the youngest daughter to save the day, although her plan is the most harebrained of them all. Busy, hyperbolic pictures limn an appealing old-world setting. In his words and pictures, Cole treats the ridiculous characters with affection, not mockery, inviting readers into the story to laugh right along with them.
Children's Literature
Brock Cole's Buttons is an original tale that weds classic fairy tale themes of the fool hero and the siblings searching for success. Cole turns pen and brush to sophisticated illustration and word play to create a picture book that lifts both spirit and mind. His tale begins with a man who has popped his buttons and seeks help from his daughters who are willing, if not intellectually able. The eldest plans to dress up and request a button dowry from the rich man she snags with her beauty. The second daughter will join the army for surely you have noticed that a soldier's uniform has many, many buttons. The youngest decides to run in the meadows with her apron open so that if any buttons should fall from the sky, I will catch them before they get lost in the tall grass. Of course all three daughters marry happily and the youngest satisfies her father's need, fulfilling both fairy tale tradition and reader satisfaction. It takes an older child to admire the rollicking word play, the genius of the story's structure, and a sense of humor more satirical than overt. Like stand-up comics, this author shows a perfect sense of timing and succeeds with both smiles and stages. For success in the battle with stress, choose a few appropriate funny books like this for children, read at least one daily or when needed to immediately improve sour moods. 2000, Farrar, $16.00. Ages 7 to 10. Reviewer: Susie Wilde
When a man eats so much that "his britches burst and his buttons popped one, two, three, into the fire" we have the start of an original fairy tale with traditional themes. The man takes to his bed while his wife asks their three daughters to find new buttons. Each is an individual with her own idea of a solution. The two eldest don't return from their adventures, so it is up to the youngest. Simple she may be, but with the help of a clever cowherd she obtains the buttons. All the family come together at the wedding celebration bringing a wry smile to the reader at the happy ending. Cole has created appropriate illustrations with the spicy flavor of times past. His scratchy black outlines present a cast of characters bursting with personalities along with bits of settings fit for a theatrical production. Transparent watercolors are used sparingly to suggest scenes but never obscure the vitality of the lines. As the words, in small type, describe events, the pictures act on our funny-bones as our eyes take in all manner of detail of life in town, on the river, on the battlefield, and home. |
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