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* 2014 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award 수상도서


개들은 주인이 공이나 막대기를 던져주면 쫓아가서 물고 오는 것을 좋아합니다. 이 책의 주인공인 개는 특히 빨간 공을 물고 오는 것을 좋아해서 아침에 눈을 뜨자마자 소녀에게 공을 던져달라고 조르네요. 착한 소녀는 빨간 공을 다양한 방법으로 던져주며 개와 놀아주지만, 이제는 학교에 갈 시간....

소녀가 학교에 간 후 개는 너무 심심합니다. 그래서 엄마, 아기, 심지어 고양이에게까지 빨간 공을 물고 가서 던져달라고 부탁하지만 아무도 거들떠보지도 않습니다. 어쩔 수 없이 혼자서 공을 숨겨놓고 찾는 놀이를 하다가 잠이 듭니다. 너무나도 공놀이를 하고 싶었던 개는 꿈 속에서 온갖 공놀이를 하지만...

Ball이라는 단어만 반복해서 나오는 Wordless Book입니다만, 어린 독자들이 책의 내용에 공감하면서 즐겁게 볼 수 있는 재미있는 책입니다.

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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: 0547759363
ISBN-13: 978-0547759364
책 크기: 22.3 cm x 18.7 cm



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Book Description
In this close-to-wordless picture book, we see a dog's day-to-day struggle with trying to find a partner to just throw the BALL.


Publishers Weekly *Starred Review*
"Illustrator Sullivan makes a hilarious debut as an author by touring the brain of a ball-obsessed dog. . . . It's a paean to the neurotic single-mindedness of dogs, and a brilliant study of boredom."


School Library Journal
A humorous portrait of a dog with a one-track mind. Ball is a day-in-the-life portrait of a rumpled canine who lives and breathes to play fetch with his favorite human companion. When the girl goes to school, the dog is bereft; his beloved ball is lifeless. He tries to find other companions to fill the ball-throwing gap, but the adult is meditating, the baby isn't even mobile, and the cat is, well, a cat. The dog tries hiding the ball and then "finding" it, and eventually falls asleep and experiences an amusing ball-themed dream sequence that turns into a nightmare. At long last the pup's anguish is relieved as the girl comes home from school and they resume their happy rapport. The only text is the word "ball" repeated on every page; however, Sullivan adroitly infuses the canine with a wide variety of emotions, and a great deal can be read into that single word. The book uses a comic-strip layout for most of the pages, with a few spreads during the dream sequence. The digitally colored pencil drawings are full of action and energy and employ a muted palette dominated by yellows and oranges that give the book a warm 1970s feel. The proliferation of extra textures and flourishes that break the panels creates a lived-in, disheveled look to the drawings, which suits the bug-eyed, warts-and-all style used for the figures. A fine choice for independent readers and dog lovers everywhere.


Booklist
Bound like a picture book but a comic book in spirit, this title features a funny animal parading through clean, clear panels of sequential art, taking clever advantage of the form’s codes and symbols to tell the story of a love affair between a dog and a ball, an object which becomes the story’s single, repeated word of text. As the dog watches his master leave and wanders the house looking for someone to play ball with, his desperation and excitement are positively palpable. Working with classical cartooning devices, like large, round heads, big expressive eyes, and extreme emotional reactions, Sullivan has managed to create her own distinctive style, giving each character its own particular sense of humanity (even characters that aren’t human) and wrapping everything in a gentle yellow wash of nostalgia. Everything from the dog’s brief encounter with a cat to his extended, ball-centric dream, told in full-page drawings, will make viewers giggle along with the story. Even those who have never had or wanted a dog will find themselves pining for a canine companion with similarly irresistible exuberance.