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Duncan Weller

Auteur van The Boy from the Sun

7 Werken 36 Leden 2 Besprekingen

Over de Auteur

Fotografie: Duncan Weller is a Canadian writer and illustrator. He is currently working on adult stories, poetry, and short films.

Werken van Duncan Weller

The Boy from the Sun (2006) 19 exemplaren
Night Wall (2005) 6 exemplaren
Spacesnake (2004) 6 exemplaren
Rocket Fish (2011) 2 exemplaren
Tettrennial Drift 1 exemplaar
Big Electric Cat 1 exemplaar
The Love Ant 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis

Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
Canada

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The Boy from the Sun door Duncan Weller
The Boy from the Sun is a magical tale. It starts out as an ordinary day. As three children sit on the sidewalk on the way home from school. The children were all sad. Then a little body with a yellow shining head floats down beside them. Asking them why they are sad. With no answer the little boy makes a beautiful bird appear along with many more magical things. The children follow the boy as he takes them on a journey to the Sun.

The drawings are very simple black and white. The boy with the yellow shining head introduces all kinds of things that are colorful to the world to the children.… (meer)
 
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montrealgirl2005 | 1 andere bespreking | Sep 28, 2008 |
The Boy from the Sun door Duncan Weller
An artistic triumph let down by the perplexing insertion of a mawkish, cackhanded, sub-Hallmark "inspirational" poem near the end. But one can skip over this abomination, or replace it with some really good verse, and enjoy the piercingly beautiful illustration and the simple charm of the story itself.
 
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yarb | 1 andere bespreking | May 15, 2008 |
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Prijzen

Op prijsOp werk
Governor General's Literary Award
Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award

Statistieken

Werken
7
Leden
36
Populariteit
#397,831
Waardering
½ 4.7
Besprekingen
2
ISBNs
5