书架位置英文绘本
书位号暂无
馆内编码36790025060
绘本作者JamesMayhew
出版社Little Brown
~From Publishers Weekly
On Grandma's birthday, Katie goes with her to a museum and
encounters some of the subjects in five paintings: two each by
Monet and Renoir and one by Degas. She closes her eyes in front of
one painting and opens them to find she's a guest in Monet's The
Luncheon. There she gathers flowers for a birthday bouquet to give
Grandma, but they don't fare too well on the crossing back into the
museum. Next, her mission whisks her into three more works of art,
including Renoir's Her First Evening Out, where the girl
inadvertently wanders onstage during a performance by, as the
artwork soon reveals, Degas's ballet dancers. Though Mayhew
(Koshka's Tales) offers a breezy introduction to this school of
painting, the book's duplication of works by two artists limits the
scope of the lesson. Mayhew's softly focused watercolors approach
the precious and his renditions of the characters frolicking
through the fields present a jarring juxtaposition to the subjects
represented in the original works (reproduced here on the museum
walls). Ages 4-7.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 2-This British import pays joyful homage to the
world of the Impressionists. When Katie and her grandmother visit
an art museum to celebrate the elder's birthday, the girl wanders
into a gallery where she admires Claude Monet's The Luncheon. The
garden in the painting is filled with flowers that she is sure her
grandmother would love. With a blink of her eyes, Katie is
magically transported into the painting. There she meets Monet's
son, Jean, along with his mother and nanny. The characters in the
scene are nonchalant about the girl's arrival and Jean helps her
gather un bouquet, then treats her to a tour of his father's
studio. Katie hops out of the picture as facilely as she entered
it. Still seeking the perfect posies for Grandma, she ventures into
other paintings. Katie achieves her final triumph as she wanders
onto a stage filled with Degas's dancers, where she is showered
with flowers by an enthusiastic audience. Arms overflowing with
blossoms, she returns to the museum to find her grandma. Lovely
watercolors emulate the style of the Impressionists but with a more
childlike slant. This technique of juxtaposing the masterpieces
with more naive versions effectively conveys the transitions in the
story line. Not only does this delightful fantasy succeed as art
education, but it's a charming story as well.
Rosalyn Pierini, San Luis Obispo City-County Library,
CA
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Ages 4^-7. It is Grandma's birthday, and young Katie is
celebrating the occasion with her at the art museum. As Grandma
explains the impressionists' technique displayed in the paintings
around them, Katie wanders off to admire the flowers Monet painted
in The Luncheon. Closing her eyes and sniffing as though she
could actually smell them, Katie wishes she had such lovely flowers
to give Grandma for her birthday. When she opens her eyes, Katie
finds herself in the picture, conversing with young Jean Monet, the
painter's son. Katie begins wandering in and out of other classic
impressionist works in search of more flowers. She even dances
across the stage in Renoir's Her First Evening Out. Katie's
impromptu ballet is applauded by the audience, which tosses flowers
of appreciation on the stage. Gathering the blossoms into a
bouquet, Katie exits the stage through Degas' The Blue
Dancers and crawls over the picture frame to return to the
museum and give the flowers to Grandma. Imitating the masters'
daubing style in his colorful illustrations, Mayhew creates an
innovative adventure. His lighthearted approach to art appreciation
will whet the appetites of youngsters preparing to visit an art
museum for the first time. Ellen Mandel
From Kirkus Reviews
Not for the first time, the heroine of a picture book steps into
some museum paintings and learns a little about the artists and
their eras. In search of flowers for her grandmother, Katie first
steps into a Monet, ``The Luncheon,'' and romps with the painter's
son, Jean. Next Katie drops in on Renoir's ``Girl with a Watering
Can,'' revisits Jean in Monet's ``Field of Poppies,'' and
eventually ends up on stage with Degas's ballerinas. The dissolving
boundaries of these paintings communicate to children how art
provides a window into the past, while Mayhew's illustrations are
light-filled and playful, complementing the styles of the inset
reproductions. (Picture book. 4-7) -- Copyright ©1999,
Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
Review
A little girl is magically transported into great paintings. Fun
and funny. -- The Times 20050901
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