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[ 책 소개 ]
두꺼비는 우리나라에서는 복을 가져다 주는 상징으로도 여겨지지만 일반적으로는 외모때문에 그리 환영받는 동물이 아니지요. 이 책은 두꺼비의 독특한 모습과 생활방식, 그리고 적으로 부터 자신을 보호하는 방법 등을 간결한 문장과 사실적인 그림으로 보여줍니다. 늪지에서 벌레를 잡아먹고 사는 두꺼비 한 마리가 겁도 없이 큰 도마뱀의 입 속으로 들어 가는군요. 횡재를 했다고 생각한 큰 도마뱀은 두꺼비의 피부돌기에서 분출되는 독을 맛보고는 이내 두꺼비를 뱉어냅니다. 마지막 페이지의 두꺼비 미소가 재미있습니다. "A Dark Dark Tale"의 저자이기도 한 Ruth Brown의 세밀하고 사실감 넘치는 그림이 돋보이는 책입니다.
[ 서지 정보 ]
Edition: Paperback: 32 pages
ISBN: 0140565507
책 크기 : 23cm x 20cm
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Book description
In this delightfully yucky tale, a warty, smelly, bug-munching, fly-crunching toad picks his way through the muck and straight into the jaws of a monster! Young readers will revel in the slimy sounds intriguing earth-toned illustrations, and surprise ending.
"Preschoolers will love the yucky details, the rising tension of the story and the triumph of the small outlaw."
Children's Literature
The gruesome illustrations of this ugly wart covered toad will either delight or disgust the very young reader. The rhythmic text, which sounds best when read aloud, describes Toad, his slimy surroundings, his voluminous appetite and his rendezvous with a hungry monster.
School Library Journal
Toad is not a pretty sight. Covered with warts and filled with venom, he slithers through the primordial swamp "odorous, oozing, foul and filthy." Viewers will be intrigued by gradual glimpses of a creature who, hidden behind trailing vines and swampy terrain, is stalking the toad. When the camouflage is peeled away and the prehistoric lizardlike monster tastes his repulsive catch, he spits it out with a resounding "yuuuuuck." The freely composed art employs a spatter paint technique to convey the dripping environment and to heighten the action of the climax. From the wart-encrusted endpapers to the browns and greens of the slimy mire, the fluid watercolor illustrations aptly depict the setting. While the brief text and art are successful at conveying this somewhat odious story, its appeal will be limited to those who revel in the unappetizing side of nature.
Kirkus Reviews
Gloopy, gloppy, bumpy, and lumpy: Toads provide slews of onomatopoeic opportunities for writers, and plenty of potential for artists interested in drawing warts, slime, and muck. Brown (One Stormy Night, 1993, etc.) is perfect for the task. Her text exaggerates the poor toad's noxious qualities ("odorous, oozing, foul and filthy"), denigrates his cuisine of bugs, worms, and flies, and mocks his clumsy hop. When a monster appears on the scene and attempts to gobble up the toad, readers realize just what the bumps and venom are for. "Yuuuuuck!" screams the monster, coughing "the happy toad, the safe toad" back into the swamp. Brown's paintings drip with the brown and olive colors of decaying vegetation and fetid swamp stuff. She incorporates that medium's tendency to drip and glop right into her work: Splats of paint cross the toad's bumpy back, while green webbed footprints splash across the title pages. Observant readers will spot the approaching monster long before toad does, heightening the anticipation of the inevitable—though failed—tryst. The endpapers match the amphibious decor, displaying a brocade of frog eggs. Exquisitely slimy. |
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