Birdsong: A Story in Pictures
Registered by GoryDetails of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 2/11/2017
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
I got this fair-condition hardcover from Better World Books. (Some of the pages had been written on in pencil by a previous young owner; I've tried to erase the text, as the whole point of the book is that the reader can make up their own story from the pictures alone!)
I think the illustrations tell a pretty clear tale, but readers are free to put their own spin on things. My take is that a boy and girl, romping noisily in the woods, are pestering the animals - a turtle gets upturned, a bird chased - and pursue the harried bird up a mountain, where an angry shaman takes apt vengeance on the kids. Their fates after that should teach them a lesson about being kind to others...
Some pretty dramatic twists and turns here, all done via the full-page images, which are based on kamishibai ("paper theater") performances by storytellers. There's bonus material and further reading for the grownups, and the tantalizing images for the kids. Good book!
I think the illustrations tell a pretty clear tale, but readers are free to put their own spin on things. My take is that a boy and girl, romping noisily in the woods, are pestering the animals - a turtle gets upturned, a bird chased - and pursue the harried bird up a mountain, where an angry shaman takes apt vengeance on the kids. Their fates after that should teach them a lesson about being kind to others...
Some pretty dramatic twists and turns here, all done via the full-page images, which are based on kamishibai ("paper theater") performances by storytellers. There's bonus material and further reading for the grownups, and the tantalizing images for the kids. Good book!
Journal Entry 2 by GoryDetails at Little Free Library #11753 - 56 Middlesex Tpke in Burlington, Massachusetts USA on Thursday, February 16, 2017
Released 7 yrs ago (2/16/2017 UTC) at Little Free Library #11753 - 56 Middlesex Tpke in Burlington, Massachusetts USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I left this book in the Little Free Library at around 2:45; hope the finder enjoys it!
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*** Released for the 2017 Becky's Hugs challenge, in memory of Becky Johns. ***
*** Released for the 2017 Great Backyard Bird Count release challenge; see the GBBC page here. ***
[See other recent releases in MA here.]
*** Released for the 2017 Becky's Hugs challenge, in memory of Becky Johns. ***
*** Released for the 2017 Great Backyard Bird Count release challenge; see the GBBC page here. ***