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* 2006년 Newbery 수상작
* ALA Notable Children's Book
버니는 헛간에서 많은 동물들을 돌봐주고 잇는데, 어느날 위팅턴이라는 이름을 지닌 고양이가 들어 와서 새로운 식구가 됩니다. 버니의 손주인 애비와 벤은 헛간의 동물들에게 먹이를 주는데, 8살짜리 벤은 글을 잘 읽지 못해서 애비가 걱정을 합니다. 헛간의 동물들은 벤에게 글을 가르쳐 주기로 하고, 위팅턴은 자신 조상 고양이가 딕 위팅턴이라는 사람과 어떤 모험을 겪고 큰 성공을 거두게 되었는지를 들려 줍니다. 딕 위팅턴은 16세기에 가난한 시골에서 태어난 후 성공을 하기 위해 무작정 런던으로 상경했습니다. 그리고 이름 모를 길고양이의 도움을 받아 세계 각지를 여행하면서 큰 부를 거머쥐게 되고 런던시장에도 오르게 되지요...
위팅턴이라는 고양이가 들려주는 "딕 위팅턴과 그의 고양이"의 모험 이야기가 흥민진진하게 펼쳐집니다.
튼튼한 하드커버책입니다.
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Hardcover: 208 pages
ISBN-10: 0375828648
ISBN-13: 978-0375828645
책 크기: 21.6cm x 14.5cm
[ 영문 서평 ]
Book Description
Bernie keeps a barn full of animals the rest of the world has no use for–two retired trotters, a rooster, some banty hens, and a Muscovy duck with clipped wings who calls herself The Lady. When the cat called Whittington shows up one day, it is to the Lady that he makes an appeal to secure a place in the barn. The Lady’s a little hesitant at first, but when the cat claims to be a master ratter, that clinches it.
Bernie’s orphaned grandkids, Abby and Ben, come to the barn every day to help feed the animals. Abby shares her worry that Ben can’t really read yet and that he refuses to go to Special Ed. Whittington and the Lady decide that Abby should give Ben reading lessons in the barn. It is a balm for Ben when, having toughed out the daily lesson, Whittington comes to tell, in tantalizing installments, the story handed down to him from his nameless forebearer, Dick Whittington’s cat–the legend of the lad born into poverty in rural England during the Black Death, who runs away to London to seek his fortune. This is an unforgettable tale about how learning to read saves one little boy. It is about the healing, transcendent power of storytelling and how, if you have loved ones surrounding you and good stories to tell, to listen to, and to read, you have just about everything of value in this world.
School Library Journal
This superior novel interweaves animal fantasy and family story with a retelling of the English folktale Dick Whittington and His Cat. A battered tomcat named Whittington arrives one late-fall day at a New England barn, where he gradually befriends the equally ragtag group of animals already adopted by the barn's taciturn but soft-hearted owner, Bernie. When the year's first big snowstorm traps the bored animals in the barn, Whittington begins telling the story of his namesake, Dick Whittington, to an audience that grows to include Bernie's parentless grandchildren. The feline continues the story as winter grinds on, and the children and animals together absorb Dick's tale of good fortune, which he earned through trust in the advice of his dear friend, a remarkable cat, and his own hard work and struggles. The tale parallels that of Ben, Bernie's grandson, who learns to read once he trusts the advice of his friends and takes extra classes to help him overcome his dyslexia. Graceful prose, engaging human and animal characters, and a deft interweaving of three story lines make this book worthy of comparison to the work of Dick King-Smith and E. B. White. Teachers and librarians looking for a classroom choice to follow Kate DiCamillo's The Tale of Despereaux (Candlewick, 2003) take note: Whittington reads aloud beautifully, and the extended happy ending will leave everyone smiling in delight.–Beth Wright, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, VT
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From Booklist
"So what do you want, Mr. Whittington?" "A place to live," the cat replies to Lady, the take-charge duck asking the questions, as Whittington attempts to sell his skills as a ratter and all-around useful fellow. Once he does and becomes part of the community of outcast animals who look after one another in softhearted Bernie's old barn, readers will settle in with him for a tale of charming animal bravura. Whittington entertains the group daily with the tale of his ancestor, Dick Whittington's cat, and relates the story of Whittington's fourteenth-century escapades as a rags-to-riches British merchant and far-traveling adventurer. The story works beautifully, both as historical fiction about medieval street life and commerce and as a witty, engaging tale of barnyard camaraderie and survival. A third strand, about Bernie's grandchildren, particularly Ben and his troubles and eventual success with learning to read, seems forced and didactic in what is otherwise a very strong story. Final illustrations not available.
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