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Master Illustrator로 불리우는 P. J. Lynch의 아름다운 그림책입니다. P. J. Lynch는 Kate Greenaway상을 2차례, Christopher Medal을 3차례나 수상한 영국을 대표하는 그림책 작가입니다.
용의 나라에 사는 어린 용 이그니스는 멋진 날개를 갖고 있으며, 또래의 다른 용들보다 빠르게 날 수 있고 하늘 높이 올라 갈 수 있습니다만, 가장 결정적인 용의 특징인 입으로 불 뿜기를 할 수 없었습니다. 아무리 입으로 훅훅 불어봐도 불은 나오지 않고 입김만 나왔지요. 자신의 불을 발견하기 위해 멀리 여행을 떠나기로 한 이그니스는 어린 소녀 카라를 만나서 친구가 되고, 둘이는 가장 행복한 시간을 보냅니다. 소녀와 헤어진 후 여행을 계속 한 이그니스는 높은 화산에 올라가게 되고, 그 곳에서 조그만 불씨를 삼킵니다...
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Edition : Paperback: 40 pages
ISBN: 0763621927
책 크기 : 28.2cm x 25cm
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Book Description
Award-winning artist P.J. Lynch illustrates this moving tale of a young dragon's quest for fire.
Ignis, a young dragon, is admired by all his friends. But he is sad, for while he can run faster and fly higher than the rest, there is one thing he cannot do--breathe fire. Perhaps he isn't a dragon at all, he thinks. So Ignis leaves the safety of Dragonland to find out who he is and where his fire might be. Along the way, he meets some unforgettable friends, shares some wonderful times, and feels truly warm inside. But he still cannot find his fire. Will Ignis ever discover the spark he needs to be a real dragon? Dazzling illustrations by renowned artist P.J. Lynch illuminate this magical, heartwarming tale by Gina Wilson.
Publishers Weekly
A young dragon's quest for his fire fuels this cloying, fantastic tale about self-discovery. Ignis, a spirited dragonlet with beautiful wings, can run and fly faster than his sister and all his friends in Dragonland. Yet Ignis's peers outshine him in one crucial area: fire breathing. Feeling confused and inadequate, Ignis searches the land far and wide trying to find his fire and his true identity. On his travels he meets a human girl whose friendship and belief in him set Ignis on the right path. Wilson's (Prowlpuss) story never takes flight, lumbering along under the weight of sappy imagery (e.g., "His wings, depending on the weather, opened like silk umbrellas or gossamer parasols") and a precious spiritual message (when Ignis breathes fire atop a dormant volcano, the elders mistake it for "Mysteries and Miracles and Flames That Light Up the World"). Many of Lynch's (The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey) dark pencil and watercolor compositions, especially landscapes viewed by Ignis from the air, bring readers to the brink of a mysterious, magical world. But his depictions of a wide-eyed, anthropomorphic Ignis are inferior to the fine portraits of the elder dragons and of Cara, Ignis's human friend, resulting in an uneven outing.
Children's Literature
Dragons have come a long way since Fafnir. Ignis, a young dragon in search of his identity, seems very human indeed—a dragonlet with a grandmother and a best friend. Since he can do everything a dragon should except breathe fire, Ignis sets out on a journey to find a source of ignition. After encounters with a hippo, a parrot and a little girl named Cara, he finds his fire in the crater of a volcano and returns triumphantly to Dragonland. Ignis is a visually appealing addition to a library of dragon lore, although it is a bit unsettling to see a real dragon tamely making daisy chains and lapping up honey while looking for his true self. Kate Greenaway medalist P. J. Lynch has captured more of the dragon grandeur¾his spectacular watercolors, tinged with light and fire, stretch out to fill the large format of the book. Some young dragon-lovers will, no doubt, be relieved to find that dragons have such tender emotions, while others may prefer them more fierce and remote. Parents and teachers might like to pair this book with Jack Prelutsky's The Dragons are Singing Tonight for a little bracing dragon humor.
School Library Journal
Lynch's considerable talent is tested on this predictable tale of a young dragon that cannot puff. Marred by a Disneyesque dialogue (with none of the comic relief), the plot centers on Ignis's quest for his flame/true identity. Sidekick Scintilla tells him she loves him regardless, but he is still compelled to go off in search of it. Ignis takes up the lifestyle of a hippo, parrot, and child-to no avail. It is only in his darkest hour, at the peak of a dormant volcano, that "-the very last spark from the volcano's very last eruption, one hundred years ago, came wandering out into the open, weak and wavering and looking for somewhere to light." Ignis is ignited at last. Close-ups of the protagonist and his friend are a touch too precious; the coquettish glances and exaggerated earnestness are at odds with the power of the artist's gouache-and-watercolor spreads depicting subtly shaded vistas, dappled pond water viewed from below, a dramatically lit volcano, and masterful portraiture. Fans of The Land before Time videos will gravitate to this offering. Inspired alternatives include Marguerite Davol's The Paper Dragon (Atheneum, 1997), Jay Williams's Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like (Macmillan, 1984), and Peter Sis's Komodo!
Kirkus Reviews
Winged, scaled, and irresistibly puppyish, the young dragon in this searching-for-self-identity tale will appeal more to Stellaluna fans than those who prefer their dragons grandly aloof. Ignis may run faster and fly higher than any of his circle, but since he can't breathe fire, he feels like no dragon at all. As it turns out, he lacks only priming for the pump; after hanging out with Poto the hippo, Loquax the parrot, and Cara, a human child, he struggles to the top of a volcano and by accident inhales a spark that really ignites the internal burners. In page-filling, elaborately detailed scenes, Lynch gives his smokeless saurian mottled, rough-looking skin, a spiky profile, and large, liquid, forward-facing eyes that positively broadcast appeal. Ignis returns in triumph, to impress even the craggy elders with great gouts of flame-proving that he's not a fizzle, but like Leo, just a late bloomer.
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