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Randall de Sève

Auteur van Toy Boat

8 Werken 638 Leden 39 Besprekingen

Over de Auteur

Randall de Sève made her debut as an author with the New York Times bestseller Toy Boat, illustrated by Loren Long. She is also the author of The Duchess of Whimsy, illustrated by her husband, Peter de Sève. Randall lives with her and children in Brooklyn, New York. (Bowker Author Biography)

Werken van Randall de Sève

Toy Boat (2007) 248 exemplaren
The Duchess of Whimsy (2009) 135 exemplaren
Zola's Elephant (2018) 69 exemplaren
This Story Is Not About a Kitten (2022) — Auteur — 67 exemplaren
Mathilda and the Orange Balloon (2010) 51 exemplaren
Peanut and Fifi Have A Ball (2013) 36 exemplaren
A Fire Truck Named Red (2016) 31 exemplaren

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A sweet cumulative story about a community coming together to help a kitten. Lovely art.
 
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sloth852 | 4 andere besprekingen | Feb 16, 2024 |
First sentence: This story is not about a kitten. A kitten, hungry and dirty, scared and alone, meowing sadly, needing a home. This story is not about the dog who stopped when it heard the kitten, hungry and dirty, scared and alone, meowing sadly, needing a home. This story is not about the dog's people who listened, or the dog who stopped when it heard the kitten...

Premise/plot: This picture book celebrates a community that come together to rescue a kitten. The storytelling format is loosely inspired by "The House That Jack Built...." but perhaps lacking some of the clever rhythm.

My thoughts: I don't know that the repetitive nature of this format works when the rhythm is so clunky and not quite right. I think the story of a community coming together could be super compelling. And for many readers--less picky readers--this one could still work quite well.
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blbooks | 4 andere besprekingen | Jul 13, 2023 |
This tale was apparently inspired by the rescue of a kitten from under a car outside the author’s home with the help of his “huge-hearted” Brooklyn neighbors. The story is told in the cumulative style of “The House That Jack Built,” in which action or dialogue repeats and builds as the tale progresses. It begins:

“This story is not about a kitten.

A kitten, hungry and dirty,
scared and alone,
meowing sadly,
needing a home.”

From there it uses repetition and rhythm to advance the plot, adding a dog who found the kitten, the woman who held the dog who found the kitten, the twins who brought a box to the woman for the kitten, and so on.

In the end, through the efforts of many participants, the kitten is now “full-bellied and clean, no longer alone, purring happily. Home.”

It concludes:

“This story is about the
stopping
and listening,
the holding
and bringing,
the offering
and asking
and working together
it takes, sometimes, to get there.”

Award-winning illustrator Carson Ellis uses bold colors in her pictures of a neighborhood filled with little details readers will enjoy identifying.

Evaluation: Readers four and over will delight in this feel-good animal rescue story that would make a very fun book to read aloud to a group of kids, with good lessons about kindness and cooperation.
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nbmars | 4 andere besprekingen | Jun 8, 2023 |
Genre
Picture books for children
Pace
Fast-paced
Writing Style
Attention-grabbing
Subject
Boys
Fire engines
Grandfather and grandson
Grandparent and child
Toys
 
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kmgerbig | 1 andere bespreking | May 10, 2023 |

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Werken
8
Leden
638
Populariteit
#39,510
Waardering
3.8
Besprekingen
39
ISBNs
22
Talen
1

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