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Bezig met laden... The Rumor: A Jataka Tale from Indiadoor Jan Thornhill
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... The rumour began once upon a time, in India, where a young hare who worried about everything became obsessed with the notion that the world was about to fall apart. ...a ripe mango fell to the ground beside her. 'OH, NO!' she cried. 'The world is breaking up!' ... And so a rumour was born and before long a thousand hares -- a veritable river of hares -- were running through the grove, soon to be joined by a thousand boars, a thousand deer, a thousand tigers and a thousand rhinoceroses. ...this glorious stampede of rumour-ridden, multicoloured animals surges. Only the wisdom of a lion can stop it in its tracks, and return worrrywort to the rumour's source. Thornhill... retells the ancient 'sky is falling!' tale informally: being a 'worrywart,' a hare is startled into believing that the world is breaking up when a mango falls behind him. Soon he’s joined in his flight by 999 more hares, plus 'a thousand boars,' 'a thousand deer,' and 'a thousand tigers,' etc.—all of whom are stopped in their tracks by a calm lion, who gets to the cause of the panic and leaves everyone 'pretty embarrassed.' Frames set off Thornhill’s increasingly crowded paintings.... The telling is arch and clever, pitched just right for reading aloud with a grin.... the cast is composed of endangered Indian animals, all of whom are introduced at the end with a note about their loss of habitat. Prijzen
Long ago in Ancient India, there lived a young hare who worried about everything -- food, rain, and even the color of her eyes. As the worrywort hare tries to settle down for a quiet nap in her favorite sun-dappled grove of palms and mango trees, she is startled into action by a sudden and very loud explosion. Convinced that the world is breaking up, the hare tears out of the grove, into a thicket, across a marshland, through a forest, out into the scrubland and onto the open plain. All along the way, she spreads her alarming news, gathering up an ever-increasing herd of terrified animals: hares, wild boars, deer, tigers, and rhinos. The stampede continues and the frenzy grows, until one wise voice prevails.... Perfect for reading aloud, this beautifully told traditional story from India is a lovely version of a classic "The Sky Is Falling" tale. Vibrant illustrations set inside exquisite borders in a handsome large format book have an effect like gorgeous tapestries on every page. The richness of each illustration adds layers to this deceptively simple fable, and young readers will love to pore over the art to pick up the hidden details in each piece. Nature Notes at the back of the book give additional information on the wildlife, flora, and fauna featured in the story and illustrations, as well as the origins of the tale and the style of illustration. The Rumor is a retelling of an ancient Jataka tale from India. Jataka tales have been used for more than 2,500 years to teach about sharing, compassion, and the difference between good and bad. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)398.2Social sciences Customs, Etiquette, Folklore Folklore Folk literatureLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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