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* GoodReads Choice Awards
* The Best by Chicago Public Library
* Selected by the Pennsylvania Center for the Book's 2013 Baker's Dozen
* The National Council of Teachers of English, 2013 Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts
* Nominated for a Nerdie award
* Indie Bound “Next List” pick for Winter 2012!
* A Junior Library Guild Selection


뉴욕타임즈와 아마존 서점의 베스트셀러였던 Duck! Rabbit!과 Little Pea의 저자인 Amy Krouse Rosenthal의 또 하나의 대표작입니다. 국내에서는 "젓가락"이라는 제목으로 번역서가 출간된 재미있는 그림책입니다.

젓가락은 언제나 둘이 함께 붙어 다니는 짝꿍이에요. 그러던 어느 날, 젓가락 한 짝이 툭 부러지고 말았어요. 다친 젓가락은 곧바로 구조대에 실려 갔답니다. 접착제와 붕대를 이용해서 치료를 받은 다친 젓가락이 다시 짝이 되기 위해서는 시간이 필요합니다. 혼자 남겨진 다른 한 짝은 어찌할 바를 몰랐어요. 태어나서 처음으로 혼자가 되었거든요. 그렇지만 젓가락 한 짝은 다친 젓가락의 응원으로 용기를 냈어요. 그러자 해야 할 일들이 하나 둘 보이기 시작했답니다. 꼬치요리의 꼬치가 되기도 하고, 이쑤시개, 장대높이뛰기의 장대, 파이가 익었는지 찔러보는 막대, 오케스트라의 지휘봉 등등등... 그리고 다친 젓가락이 다 나아서 건강하게 돌아오자 둘은 예전에는 생각치 못했던 더욱 많은 일을 할 수 있었답니다.

즐거운 순간에는 친구의 소중함을 깨닫기 쉽지 않습니다. 정작 혼자가 되었을 때 친구들의 소중함을 알게 되지요. 에이미 로젠탈 크루즈가 쓴 젓가락은 전작 숟가락처럼 소소한 웃음과 깨달음을 아이들에게 선사합니다. 언제나 둘이서 함께 할 것 같았던 젓가락들은 혼자가 되었을 때 서로의 소중함을 느낍니다. 한 짝이 된 젓가락은 난생 처음 혼자가 된 것을 두려워합니다. 그러나 용기를 내어 그동안 하지 않았던 일들을 씩씩하게 해내지요. 이처럼 젓가락은 엄마와 떨어지기 싫어 떼를 쓰는 아이들에게 혼자 남게 되는 두려움을 덜어 줄 이야기이기도 합니다.

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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.

하드커버책입니다.






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Hardcover: 40 pages
ISBN-10: 1423107969
ISBN-13: 978-1423107965
책 크기: 22.3 cm x 22.3 cm



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Book Description
Meet Chopsticks! They've been best friends forever. But one day, this inseparable pair comes to a fork in the road. And for the very first time, they have to figure out how to function apart. From New York Times best-selling author Amy Krouse Rosenthal and rising artistic talent Scott Magoon, this witty and inventive tale celebrates both independence and the unbreakable bonds of friendship.


Publishers Weekly
The chopsticks from Rosenthal and Magoon's Spoon (2009) take center stage in this clever companion book, which is as charming and whimsical as its predecessor. Best friends, the chopsticks are all but inseparable. "They go everywhere together. They do everything together. They're practically attached at the hip." But while trying a fancy new culinary trick, one of the chopsticks snaps and is whisked away (literally, by a whisk) to the medicine cabinet, where a grave bottle of glue pronounces, "It was a clean break. He just needs to stay off it while it sets." The marriage of text, digital art, and design provide plentiful puns and laugh-out-loud humor, as the injured chopstick encourages his friend to explore the world without him ("Go! Chop, chop!"). He eventually picks up a whole new set of skills, helping Spoon pole vault, testing cupcakes for doneness, and even conducting a motley kitchen-utensil orchestra. Rosenthal spells out the story's message-"Unexpectedly, being apart had made each of them even stronger"-but it's leavened with plenty of droll comedy, reminding readers that solo practice can make for even better duets.


School Library Journal
Chopsticks, the "cool and exotic" duo first introduced in Spoon (Albert Whitman, 2010), have always done everything together, from playing hide-and-seek behind the broccoli to twirling spaghetti. However, when they experiment with karate chopping the asparagus, disaster strikes. While the broken one rests, allowing the glue to set, his partner never leaves his side. After a week passes, however, the injured chopstick insists that his friend venture out on his own. Reluctant at first, protesting that he can't possibly do anything by himself, the chopstick eventually discovers that he can indeed function independently, and when his friend has recuperated, they discover new things together. This sweet story of friendship features a lot of droll wordplay. For example, when Chopstick needs to be whisked away for medical attention, it is the whisk that does the whisking. Magoon's expressive, digitally rendered cartoons are the perfect complement to this quirky tale. Not an essential purchase, but great fun.


Booklist
In this sorta sequel to Spoon (2009)-"More like a change in place setting," Spoon quips on the cover-best friends Chopsticks have their longtime act literally broken up when a high-flying attempt to stab an asparagus leads to a broken tip. After one stick is whisked away (by a whisk) for repairs, the other must learn to do stuff on his own: skewer, vault, play pick-up sticks, and more. There are gags aplenty (the hospital is run by a box of bandages and a bottle of glue), and Magoon's droll, adorable artwork finishes off this ode to "standing on our own . . . and to sticking together!"


Kirkus
This companion to the well-loved Spoon (2009) is equally charming. When one member of a pair of chopsticks suffers an accident, both learn that friendship can benefit from separation. Full of visual and verbal puns, with a supporting cast of the familiar Knife, Fork and Spoon, the plucky chopsticks learn that sticking together sometimes requires venturing out alone. Encouraged by his injured friend to get out and go, the healthy chopstick discovers hidden strengths by joining in a game of pick-up sticks, helping Spoon with the pole vault, testing cupcakes for doneness and conducting a cutlery band. When the friend recovers (and "[f]eels fantastic(k)!"), the two find that being apart "had made each of them even stronger"-and furthermore they find many new things they can now do together. "Toasted" by their friends, they conclude with a rendition of "Chopsticks," with Magoon's clever drawings hitting all the right notes. Most picture books that deal with a separation between friends focus either on healing after an argument or getting by after a friend has moved away. This is refreshing in its lighthearted, upbeat treatment of the value of occasionally going one's own way. Who knew there were so many lessons to be learned from a cutlery drawer?