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[ 책 소개 ]
* Notable Children's Book, NCSS
"Peppe the Lamplighter"로 Caldecott상을 수상한 Ted Lewin의 수채화 그림이 돋보이는 아름다운 책입니다. 편견과 선입관, 미움과 용서에 대해 다시한번 생각케 하는 책입니다.
할아버지가 어릴 적 전쟁이 끝난 후 가난하던 시절에 겪었던 이야기를 손주들에게 들려줍니다. 할아버지가 어렸을 때, 야채와 감자 등을 마차에 싣고 팔러 온 사람이 있었습니다. 그는 "Abba-no-potato-man!(감자파는 사람 왔어요!)"라고 큰 소리로 외치고 다녔기 때문에 모두들 그를 potato man이라고 불렀지요. 아이들은 그가 한 눈을 실명한 애꾸 눈인 것을 알고는 처음에는 그를 무서워 했으나, 나중에는 목탄재 등을 던지며 점점 그를 놀리기 시작했지요. 그리고 한 눈이 없기 때문에 잘 보지 못할 것이라고 생각하고는 그의 감자를 훔치기도 하고 그의 앞에서 태연히 못된 짓을 하기도 했습니다. 하지만 potato man은 비록 눈이 하나 밖에 없어도 모든 것을 볼 수 있었지요...
[ 서지 정보 ]
Edition: Paperback, 32 pages
ISBN: 0531070530
책 크기 : 25.5cm x 22.7cm
[ 영문 서평 ]
Book Description
Grandpa tells stories of the fruit and vegetable huckster in his childhood neighborhood, a man he learns to appreciate after a rocky start.
Publishers Weekly
When the Potato Man came to East Street, a white-haired man tells his wide-eyed grandchildren, bad luck came with him. Back then, the narrator was a boy in knee pants and the street, with its endless stream of hucksters, was an exciting place. But then the one-eyed, lumpy-faced old Potato Man arrived, scaring the girls and prompting taunts from the boys. Three times the Potato Man caught the narrator making mischief, and three times the boy wound up with extra chores at home. Finally, ``I figured three times bad luck was enough for me,'' the narrator relates, and on the first day of winter the boy finds a way to make peace with the Potato Man. McDonald ( Is This a House for Hermit Crab? ) and Lewin ( Tiger Trek ) have created a lovely, evocative period piece. The artist's horse-drawn wagons, rugged faces and turn-of-the-century kitchen are perfectly matched by the gentle homespun writing style. Like the narrator's grandchildren, who beg him to ``tell us another one about when you were a boy,'' readers will eagerly await more from this team.
Children's Literature
Artist Ted Lewin is one of the treasures of the children's book world. His paintings for this book recreate not only the post W.W.I era, but they also breathe life and personality into the characters. In this family story, grandpa recalls the effect of this one-eyed vegetable peddler on his young life. "He never missed seeing a thing" and that's when grandpa's string of bad luck began. A charming story with Caldecott quality pictures.
School Library Journal
Children will seldom turn down a good story of the ``olden days'' from a grandfather, and this one gives a vivid glimpse into the early part of our century. Scissor grinders, organ grinders, and peddlers' wagons creaked through the streets and alleys in those days with things or services to sell. Mr. Angelo, with a face as lumpy as his potatoes, is just such a huckster and it seems natural that he should be the butt of the neighborhood boys' pranks. But he is the ultimate winner of these ``battles'' through his use of gentleness and understanding. The exceptional, realistic watercolor artwork fairly leaps from the pages with its portrayal of emotions and action. It is so evocative that readers and audiences are swept into and held to the action of the intriguing story. The manageable text contains so much descriptive phrasing that action is brought immediately to the mind's eye. With a fine balance between text and illustration, this is picture book reading at its best, revealing a genuine cohesion of word and picture. And, as all ``Grampa'' tales should, it gives vitality to a long-ago era, as well as subliminally teaching something of compassion, understanding, and remorse. Whether read to a group or on an individual basis, this will be a popular choice for a wide spectrum of ages. |
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