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* American Bookseller Pick of the Lists
초원에서의 삶을 배경으로 한 Newbery 수상작 "Sarah, Plain and Tall"의 저자인 Patricia MacLachlan의 작품입니다.
초원의 집을 떠나 멀리 이사하게 된 소녀의 안타까운 마음을, 한 편의 시와 같이 간결하고 아름다운 문장과, 마치 흐릿한 추억의 편린을 보는 듯한 판화기법의 독특한 그림으로 보여줍니다.
태어나서 자란 초원의 집을 떠나기 싫은 소녀는 엄마와 아빠에게 자기는 이사가지 않고 혼자서 살겠다고 말합니다. 이사를 가는 곳은 나무도 있고 넓은 바다도 있다고 엄마는 설득을 하지만, 소녀는 넓은 초원의 바다가 펼쳐진 이 곳이 더 좋다고 말하네요. 엄마는 "만일 네가 함께 가지 않는다면, 갓 태어난 아기에게 이 곳의 아름다움과 즐거움을 누가 알려줄 수 있겠니?" 하면서 설득을 합니다. 결국 함께 이사를 가기로 한 소녀는 비록 하늘은 함께 가져갈 수 없지만, 조그만 나무가지 하나와 흙 한 줌을 가져 갑니다. 그리고, 새벽의 수탉 울음소리, 부드러운 소 귀의 촉감, 블라이 아저씨가 불러주던 노래들을 영원히 잊지 않기 위해 기억 속에 꼭꼭 남겨둡니다...
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Edition : Paperback: 32 pages
ISBN-10: 0064434923
ISBN-13: 978-0064434928
책 크기 : 22.7cm x 22.7cm
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Annotation
As a family prepares to move away from their farm, the daughter reflects on all the things she loves there so that when her baby brother is older she can tell him what it was like.
From the Publisher
‘A child comes to terms with the fact that she and her family are leaving the prairie. . . . As she talks herself into acceptance, her Mama helps her let go, commenting that the baby will need someone to tell him where he came from. So the girl gathers mementoes, a bag of earth and a piece of cottonwood tree. . . .A novel hides in these few pages. As with Sarah, Plain and Tall, the subext vibrates. So much is told in each perfectly chosen phrase. The story is deep and specific, but the pain and denial of a child leaving a known and loved place is all too universal. Moser’s finely-wrought engravings, enhanced by moody tints, record the departure.’ SLJ.
1995 "Pick of the Lists" (ABA)
Children's Literature
What You Know First is about losing a farm and how important it is to remember what you know. In this picture book, MacLachlan stresses the importance of where we came from, where we're going, and a reverence for place.
Moving is so hard, and the child mourns not only (though mostly) for herself but also for the baby, who won't ever know the joys of the prairie after the family sells the farm and relocates. "What you know first stays with you," Papa says. So she strains her brain to record and remember and transmit everything, from the softness of the cows' ears to the beloved cottonwood tree to her uncle's cowboy songs. Touching and nostalgic, in free verse, with starkly sorrowful etchings in pale tones of the revolving seasons.
School Library Journal
A child comes to terms with the fact that she and her family are leaving the prairie. She recalls the people and places she will missthe blacksmith, the ocean of grass, the drifting snow in winter. As she talks herself into acceptance, her Mama helps her let go, commenting that the baby will need someone to tell him where he came from. So the girl gathers mementosa bag of earth and a piece of cottonwood tree. There's no happy ending, no real anticipation of the new placejust a sense that the strength of family will carry them through. A novel hides in these few pages. As with Sarah, Plain and Tall (HarperCollins, 1985), the subtext vibrates. So much is told in each perfectly chosen phrase. The story is deep and specific, but the pain and denial of a child leaving a known and loved place is all too universal. Moser's finely wrought engravings, enhanced by moody tints, record the departure. The child is caught defiantly off center at first and later in the midst of the packing up. The people and places to be missed are given a solid reality. There is nothing sentimental in either text or illustration. These are strong people dealing with necessity. While this may not be the sort of light, charming book that has immediate group appeal, someone will find it. And for that someone, it will be just right. |
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