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[ 책 소개 ]
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in Peoples Ears?로 Caldecott상을 수상한 Leo Dillon과 Diane Dillon 부부의 아름다운 그림책입니다.
새벽에 잠에서 깬 지구의 어머니는 땅 위를 걷고, 바닷 속을 헤엄치며, 산을 오르면서 지구에서 삶을 이어나가는 다양한 생명들을 돌봐 줍니다. 그리고 인간, 개구리, 모기를 만났을 때, 모두 지구에서의 삶에 대해 행복해 하면서도 불평을 얘기하네요.
인간은 끼니를 위해 개구리를 잡는데 모기가 물어서 괴롭다고 합니다. 지구에 모기가 모두 없어지고 개구리가 더욱 많아지면 좀더 완벽한 지구가 될 거라고 얘기하네요.
모기를 잡아먹고 사는 개구리는 인간이 모두 없어지고 모기가 더욱 많아지면 좀더 완벽한 지구가 될 거라고 얘기합니다.
그리고 인간의 피를 빨아먹고 사는 모기는 개구리가 모두 없어지고 인간이 더욱 많아지게 해달라고 합니다.
하지만 이렇게 서로에게 고통을 주면서도 서로에게 의존하면서 사는 것이 바로 지구에서의 조화로운 삶이지요...
큰 사이즈의 튼튼한 하드커버책입니다.
[ 서지 정보 ]
Edition: Hardcover: 32 pages
ISBN-10: 0802789927
ISBN-13: 978-0802789921
책 크기 : 28.5cm x 26.2cm
[ 영문 서평 ]
Book Description
The circle of life turns in unexpected ways.
Earth Mother awakes with the dawn. As she walks the land, swims the seas, and climbs the mountains, nurturing all of creation, she comes across
Man, Frog, and Mosquito. They each give her thanks for nature’s bounty,
yet can’t help but give her advice about making their lives better. Everybody’s got an opinion, it seems, and Earth Mother is amused when it becomes clear that the circle of life is not without a healthy dose of cosmic humor.
Leo and Diane Dillon lend their formidable talents to Ellen Jackson’s original folktale about the unexpected and sometimes humorous ways that life
is interconnected.
Publishers Weekly
A spare text and stunning artwork introduce Earth Mother, an elegant African-American woman dressed in intricately patterned robes, who keeps watch over all creation. After awakening with the dawn, she "walked across the land singing a morning song [and] placed a piece of summer in a flower's seed." For her purposeful wanderings in the African savannah, she wears "a robe fringed with falling rain," and the Dillons portray her replenishing the dry land with water. Later, they paint her Zeus-like, hurling thunderbolts from a mountain peak. In her travels, she encounters three beings who reveal nature's cycle in a kind of refrain. Man thanks Earth Mother for the frogs he catches for breakfast but complains of the mosquito's bites ("If there were more frogs and no mosquitoes... this world would be perfect"); a frog, grateful for the mosquitoes that fill his belly, grumbles about Man (without whom "this world would be perfect"); and a mosquito fears the frog but is grateful for Man, on whom she feasts. For each, the square framed paintings depict Earth Mother listening patiently; finally she bids good night to "her children everywhere.... And the world, in its own way, was perfect." Rendered in watercolor and colored pencils and featuring an effectively muted palette, the Dillons' illustrations capture the spiritual aura of Jackson's graceful words. Large-scale images of flora native to the habitats flank the depictions of Earth Mother's activities, further underscoring nature's bounty and beauty.
School Library Journal
Who is Earth Mother? There is no definition or description but she appears to be a form of Mother Nature, blessing and talking to all of the animals on Earth (including Man), tending the plants, bringing the snow and ice to northern climes, and touching the cycle of life. Depicted as a young African-American woman, Earth Mother is serene and gentle, passing through her day and making everyone aware that all is exactly the way it should be. Unfortunately, the text is dry and static: "`You are kind to me, Earth Mother,' said Man. `You have sent Frog to fill my belly and I am grateful.'" Nothing much happens: Man complains that Mosquito bites him, Frog complains that Man eats him, and Mosquito complains that Frog eats him. The magnificent illustrations are classic Leo and Diane Dillon, with a palette dominated by browns, greens, blues, and other earth tones. Soft and elegant, they beg for a brighter text. Still, reading it a few times helps readers realize the book's calming effect. In today's crazy world, an example of things following a routine with soft, caring people and animals is not a bad thing. The art is worth much more than the cover price, and teachers and parents will find a way to use this story.
Kirkus Reviews
A wry and cosmic look at the interdependence of all things, wonderfully illustrated by the inimitable Dillons. Earth Mother arises, sings a morning song and does her work: hanging green acorns on the trees; putting summer inside a flower seed; sending forth lightning and snow. She meets Man by the river, who thanks her for the delicious frogs that ease his hunger. But why, asks Man, does she torment him with "wretched Mosquito?" When Earth Mother encounters Frog, he thanks her for Mosquito, who fills his belly, and castigates Man, who catches and eats frogs. As she continues to the ocean depths and meadows, she meets Mosquito, who is grateful for Man, "tender and delicious," and wishes there were no more frogs. Each watercolor-and-colored pencil image has its frame broken by a plant that springs from the bottom of the page: thistle, lily, lotus, rose. Mother Earth's garments are a gown the color of rich earth and an ever-changing tunic with patterns of cloud or leaf or starfish or peacock feather or African kente cloth. Curvilinear and geometric patterns shape the illustrations as Earth Mother moves from the savannah to the snows, from falling rain to falling fireflies. Beautiful and satisfying; its own teachable moment.
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