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국내에는 "꼬질꼬질 냄새 나는 우리 멍멍이"이라는 제목으로 번역서가 출간된, 기발하고 재미있는 그림책입니다.

이 책은 망치, 인형, 선인장, 슬리퍼, 단추, 빨래집게… 그 어떤 것도 멋진 그림의 소재로 포용하는 콜라주 기법으로 순수하고 솔직한 아이의 상상력과 재미있는 가족의 이야기를 담아내고 있습니다. 유아의 세계를 이루는 큰 두 가지인 ‘나’와 ‘나의 가족’에 대한 아이의 자긍심과 사랑이 상황에 맞는 적절한 소재들과 어울려 공감을 불러일으킵니다.

사르르 달콤한 엄마 그림만 봐도 배가 고파지고, 아기인 남동생이 그다지 순둥이는 아니라고 당당하게 소개하는 ‘나’의 이야기 속에는 가족에 대한 아이다운 애정 표현이 담뿍 담겨 있습니다. 또 자기에 대해서는 하고 싶은 이야기가 하늘땅 별땅만큼 많다고 외치는 주인공 ‘나’의 목소리 속에는 자기에 대한 긍정적인 인식과 자신감이 담겨 있습니다. ‘사물로 그리기’라는 콜라주 기법을 활용하여 가족과 자신을 사랑하는 어린이의 마음을 솔직하고 상상력있게 담아낸 그림책입니다.






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Paperback: 40 pages
ISBN-10: 0307930890
ISBN-13: 978-0307930897
책 크기: 26.3 cm x 20.4 cm



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Book Description
How do you draw a playful daddy? Or a smelly dog? For any kid who's ever been asked to "draw a picture of your family," here's an unusual and much more fun take on the project! Using objects to represent personality traits, acclaimed illustrator Hanoch Piven creates simple and funny portraits that perfectly describe all the members of one girl's family. Children of all ages will be inspired to make their own family portraits after reading this book.


School Library Journal *Starred Review*
Filled with plays on words and similes, this delightful offering will encourage children's creativity. The narrator makes a line drawing of her family but explains that it doesn't do them justice. "And what about this drawing of my mom? Sorry, but it doesn't tell the whole story. My mommy is as soft as the softest FLUFF and as bright as the brightest LIGHT." This section ends, "That's my yummy mommy!" The gouache-and-watercolor illustrations are embellished with glued-on objects like a lightbulb for a nose, a croissant for a mouth, and a boa for hair, in this case on Mom. The pictures support the text and add to the subtext. The book ends with an invitation to readers to create images of their families. Younger children will enjoy the story, but older kids will love the nuances, the opportunity for individuality, and the challenge of portraying their own relatives in this style. An author's note describes a workshop that Piven conducted for children hospitalized with cancer; their wonderful creations adorn the endpapers.


Booklist
In his previous books, author-illustrator Piven created portraits of presidents and famous athletes with found objects. In this book, the portraits are of a fictional family, including their dog, Schmutz. Objects here stand in for physical characteristics tied to the similes used to describe each family member. Dad is as "jumpy as a spring," "as playful as a spinning top," etc. Poor Schmutz is as "stinky as one onion" (pictured as his tail), "as nasty as canned fish" (his front paws), "as icky as pepperoni" (his snout), and so forth. The final two pages show objects children might use to make their own family portraits. Childlike line drawings are paired with the more creative portraits, in which representational objects are glued on gouache-and-watercolor backgrounds to make the figures. Children will get caught up in this playful, fun, creative, and easy-to-do art concept and will want to follow through with their own creations.