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Laura Nelson Baker (1911–2003)

Auteur de The Friendly Beasts

22+ oeuvres 101 utilisateurs 4 critiques

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Date de naissance
1911-01-07
Date de décès
2003-01-10
Lieu de sépulture
Oak Hill Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Sexe
female
Lieu de naissance
Humboldt, Iowa, USA
Études
University of Minnesota
Professions
Writer of children's books
Editor of the Minneapolis suburban weekly newspaper, the Richfield News
Relations
Baker, Tim (son)
Prix et distinctions
First prize for fiction from the National Press Women in 1953 and 1954
Courte biographie
Laura Nelson Baker was a freelance writer who authored and coauthored over 30 published books and short stories. Laura was recognized for distinguished achievement in The World Who's Who of Women and was the former editor of The Richfield News.

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Gentle tale of a farming family in the early 1900s. Papa wants one of the new-fangled Ford motor cars, but his daughter Sarah is scared they might sell or even shoot their old horse Birdie once she's no longer necessary. Not too sweet, not contrived, just right.
 
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fuzzi | Dec 31, 2020 |
Using the popular children's carol of The Friendly Beasts (sometimes also known as The Animals' Carol) as a starting point for her story, author Laura Nelson Baker spins the tale of the animals who patiently waited in the stable at Bethlehem for the heralded Christ child to appear. Each beast - the sheep, the cow, the doves - thinks of what they might give this miraculous babe, while the donkey, who bore the child's mother to the stable, had already given his gift...

Having read and enjoyed a number of picture-book presentations of this carol, from Tomie dePaola's The Friendly Beasts to Helen Ward's The Animals' Christmas Carol - I picked up Baker's little book with the expectation that it too would simply pair artwork with song. As it happens, the text is mostly in prose, setting up the situation at the manger before delving into the gifts given by the animals. The latter section of the story, devoted to said gift giving, is more poetic, but it doesn't reproduce the carol exactly. That is left to the final pages, which give the traditional verses, along with musical notation. The accompanying artwork from Nicolas Sidjakov is very much in the style of the Caldecott Medal-winning illustrations he did for Ruth Robbins' Baboushka and the Three Kings. Colorful and interesting, it is not quite my cup of tea. I generally prefer Sidjakov's work in books like Staffan: An Old Christmas Folk Song, which has more of a woodcut style. Interesting, obscure, and completely out of print, this is a book worth seeking out, if one is fond of Christmal carol picture-books, or is a fan of the artist. It is to readers with such interests and tastes that I would recommend it.… (plus d'informations)
 
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AbigailAdams26 | Dec 17, 2019 |
The best part of this book is Earl Thollander's drawings. Former Sec of Interior Stewart Udall writes the Introduction. It's a very nice book that easy to read. Must have to the California library.
 
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atufft | Jul 14, 2019 |
An enjoyable story of California and the events that shaped it from a tree's point of view.
 
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MrsLee | Apr 5, 2007 |

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Œuvres
22
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1
Membres
101
Popularité
#188,710
Évaluation
3.1
Critiques
4
ISBN
8

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