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[ 책 소개 ]
고향을 찾아간 도시 소녀가 겪는 시골생활의 즐거움과 따뜻한 인정에 관한 이야기를 4차례 Caldecott 상을 수상한 Jerry Pinkney의 수채화 그림과 함께 즐길 수 있습니다.
어니스틴은 기차의 플렛폼에서 내려오는 순간, 아늑한 고향의 품에 안기는 느낌이었어요. 어려서 태어나자마자 대도시로 이사간 후, 8년만에 찾아 온 고향은 엄마가 자란 곳이고, 친척들이 살고 있는 곳이며, 할머니가 묻혀있는 곳이기도 하지요. 고향 시골에서 보낸 며칠은 어니스틴에게는 마냥 즐겁고 신기합니다. 갓 태어난 새끼염소의 이름을 지어주시도 하고, 큰 염소의 등에 올라탔다가 미끄러져 엉덩방아를 찟기도 합니다. 무엇보다도 자기가 태어났던 집을 방문한 것은 어니스틴에게 큰 즐거움이었습니다. 지금은 비록 아무도 살고 있지를 않아서 많이 낡았습니다만, 어니스틴은 어른이 되면 언젠가는 이 집을 새집같이 고치겠다고 다짐합니다...
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Edition: Paperback: 40 pages
ISBN: 0140565477
책 크기 : 27.6cm x 23cm
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Book Description
Even though eight-year-old Ernestine lives with her family up North, "back home" is Lumberton, North Carolina, the place where she was born and where her mama grew up. From the moment she steps off the train, Ernestine feels right at home in the lush, green countryside, working on the family farm, and spending time with her aunt, uncle, and cousins. This nostalgic, sweetly humorous visit home--based on Gloria Pinkney's own childhood memories--is perfect for intergenerational sharing.
Publisher's Weekly
A summer vacation turns into a warm and joyous lesson in family history when young Ernestine visits her relatives in North Carolina. A long train ride from the north has landed her on Uncle June, Aunt Beula and Cousin Jack's farm--the same farm where Ernestine was born and where her mother grew up. The girl's initial shy inquisitiveness gives way to a comfortable confidence as anecdotes, mementos and her own imagination help her weave a tapestry of family ties that she'll treasure forever. Gloria Pinkney's text has a relaxed pace that is perfectly suited to the summer setting. Her characterizations are particularly well drawn, and her dialogue thoroughly convincing. In some of Jerry Pinkney's finest work, sunlight filters through his pencil and watercolor illustrations, imbuing them with a feathery soft glow. Rustic elements such as mule and plow, a pipe stove and Uncle June's beloved old truck create a vivid sense of time and place. The human figures seem to spring to life in several atmosphere-laden scenes, their expressive, down-home faces shining with surprise, admiration and love. In a similar vein, Donald Crews's nostalgic Bigmama's evokes the same fond sentiments through slightly younger and more rambunctious protagonists.
Publisher's Weekly
This semiautobiographical story follows an African-American girl from "up North" as she visits her relatives in North Carolina; PW's starred review singled out the author's fine characterizations and pacing, and said the illustrations were "some of Jerry Pinkney's finest work."
Children's Literature - Susie Wilde
Back Home brings to life Gloria's remembrances of a childhood summer when she left Philadelphia to spend time with her "kinfolk" in Lumberton, North Carolina. The main character, Ernestine, bears her mother's name. The writing is a blending of true events and characters, a fiction built on "giving myself and my mother the childhoods we really wanted" and the intrigue needed to turn personal history into a universal story. Jerry Pinkney's radiant watercolors depict the enchantment of Ernestine experiences. Detailed patterns and textures picture a home that has been loved for generations. Shining yellows predominate in the profusion of colors that tangle in country gardens. This harmony is typical of Jerry's work, as he balances "strong light and warm color." He uses yellow, not as color, but as light and also to create a hopeful sense.
School Library Journal
A long train ride takes Ernestine to visit her great-uncle and aunt in North Carolina, to sleep in the house where her mama grew up, and to visit her own birthplace. Cousin Jack teases her for her city ways, but she quickly learns about raising goats and canning peaches, and by the time she has been to church and visited her grandmama's grave, Ernestine looks forward to a future visit. This is more a reminiscence than a plotted story, warm with Southern summer and family affection, a vignette of times gone by and roots rediscovered. Jerry Pinkney's full-page watercolors complement this account of a young girl's journey several decades ago. Their sketchy, impressionistic style softens the rural poverty and strengthens the genuine family feelings that greet Ernestine. Like Donald Crews's Bigmama's (Greenwillow, 1991), Back Home draws on personal history and celebrates the lives of an African-American family. --Shirley Wilton
Ingram
Gloria Pinkney's atmospheric and loving first book was inspired by her own experiences of traveling from her home in the city to visit relatives on a North Carolina farm. When the young heroine is challenged by her male cousin about her "citified" ways, she wonders if she will ever fit in. The book is lavishly illustrated by the author's husband, award-winning artist Jerry Pinkney. |
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