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Chargement... The Mermaid (2017)par Jan Brett
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. oes Jan Brett ever write a bad book? Probably not. This is a retelling of the three little bears, but underwater with mermaids and octopi. There is nothing new about the book or the story. The change of setting is nice, but the most important thing for a jan Brett book, is the Jan Brett illustrations. And they are in full force. A love ready for the ears and the eyes. ( ) Prolific author/artist Jan Brett, known for such popular picture-book folktale retellings as The Mitten, here takes the classic story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears and transplants it from the forest to the ocean, giving it a Japanese cultural background. When the Octopus family wanders off for a swim, a little mermaid named Kiniro, accompanied by her puffer-fish friend Puffy, explores their seashell house. She tries their breakfasts, their chairs, and their beds, eventually falling asleep on Baby Octopus' shell-hammock. When she is discovered by the indignant Octopus family, her gift of a tiara to the baby of the family goes some way to setting things right... Apparently inspired by Brett's visits to Okinawa, and to the New England Aquarium, where she met the resident giant Pacific octopus Sy, The Mermaid is a fairly engaging fairy-tale transplant. I don't know that I was that wowed by the narrative - although not opposed to the idea of taking classic folk and fairy-tales and giving them new cultural settings, somehow this particular revision/retelling didn't feel that compelling to me - I did enjoy the artwork. As an octopode lover, I also appreciated the inclusion of the Octopus family. Brett's illustrations are colorful, with her trademark decorative borders providing snapshots of other scenes, while the main action is occurring. Recommended to Brett fans, who will undoubtedly enjoy the visuals, as well as to young mermaid lovers. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
"Set in the ocean off Japan, this retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears stars Kiniro, a mermaid, who finds a baby octopus's breakfast, chair, and bed just right"-- Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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