The Birthday Ball
Autor Lois Lowry Ilustrat de Jules Feifferen Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 sep 2011 – vârsta până la 12 ani
A
wry,
dry,
laugh-out-loud
princess
tale
by
the
hilarious
Lois
Lowry,
with
illustrations
by
Pulitzer
Prize–winning
cartoonist
Jules
Feiffer.Princess
Patricia
Priscilla
is
bored
with
her
royal
life
and
the
excitement
surrounding
her
sixteenth
birthday
ball.
Doomed
to
endure
courtship
by
three
grotesquely
unappealing
noblemen,
she
adopts
a
peasant
disguise
and
escapes
her
fate—for
a
week.In
this
tale
of
mistaken
identity,
creamed
pigeons,
and
young
love,
the
two-time
Newbery
medalist
Lois
Lowry
compares
princesses
to
peasants
and
finds
them
to
be
exactly
the
same
in
all
the
important
ways.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780547577104
ISBN-10: 0547577109
Pagini: 192
Ilustrații: Black-and-white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 130 x 194 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.17 kg
Ediția:None.
Editura: HMH Books
Colecția Hmh Books for Young Readers
Locul publicării:United States
ISBN-10: 0547577109
Pagini: 192
Ilustrații: Black-and-white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 130 x 194 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.17 kg
Ediția:None.
Editura: HMH Books
Colecția Hmh Books for Young Readers
Locul publicării:United States
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Recenzii
"Lowry,
who
has
often
turned
to
new
genres
and
made
them
her
own,
now
freely
adopts
certain
conventions
of
the
romantic
fairy
tale
to
create
a
fresh
story
buoyed
by
wry
wit
and
occasional
schoolyard
humor.
The
many
idiosyncratic
characters
are
drawn
with
swift,
sure
strokes
in
both
the
writing
and
in
Feiffer's
inimitable
ink
drawings,
notable
for
their
economy
and
assurance
of
line
as
well
as
their
pitch-perfect
expression
of
personality,
attitude,
and
emotion.
An
original
fairy
tale
with
a
decidedly
comical
twist."
—Booklist,
starred
review
"Lowry uses her knack for cleverly turning familiar stories on their heads (last seen inThe Willoughbys) in this tale about a princess who's utterly bored with privileged palace life...Throughout, Feiffer's wiry ink illustrations paint the characters in offhand caricatures, adding to the merriment. Employing elements from the "Prince and the Pauper" as well as ample doses of humor and slapstick, Lowry sets the stage for a rowdy denouement." —Publishers Weekly
"This is a captivating but gentle fairy tale with memorable characters and wonderfully swirly, evocative, energetic character sketches by the fabulous Feiffer." —School Library Journal
"In her clever fairy-tale reconstruction, Lowry transforms the traditional princess into a refreshingly egalitarian heroine with a mind of her own. The hilarious, original and truly loathsome suitors are aptly memorialized in Feiffer’s spritely black-and-white caricature illustrations. Guaranteed to generate giggles and guffaws." —Kirkus Reviews
"A lighthearted concoction overflowing with wordplay and alliteration. . . . [Readers] will laugh themselves silly." —New York Times Book Review
"Lowry draws on wicked humor, sly wordplay and stock characters to propel this pleasantly predictable romp . . .[she] again proves her range." —San Francisco Chronicle
"Newbery Medalist Lois Lowry and acclaimed illustrator Jules Feiffer throw one not-to-be-missed party with The Birthday Ball." —Family Fun Magazine
"Feiffer's frenetic lines and distinctive caricatures maintain the offbeat tone while adding a charming quirkiness in their own right. Youngsters who like thier fair share of mischief will get a kick out of this fractured fairy tale either on their own or as a readaloud." —The Bulletin
"Happiness radiates out from the Birthday Ball, zings down to the village and up again. A great story when read aloud." —Chicago Tribune
"Lowry uses her knack for cleverly turning familiar stories on their heads (last seen inThe Willoughbys) in this tale about a princess who's utterly bored with privileged palace life...Throughout, Feiffer's wiry ink illustrations paint the characters in offhand caricatures, adding to the merriment. Employing elements from the "Prince and the Pauper" as well as ample doses of humor and slapstick, Lowry sets the stage for a rowdy denouement." —Publishers Weekly
"This is a captivating but gentle fairy tale with memorable characters and wonderfully swirly, evocative, energetic character sketches by the fabulous Feiffer." —School Library Journal
"In her clever fairy-tale reconstruction, Lowry transforms the traditional princess into a refreshingly egalitarian heroine with a mind of her own. The hilarious, original and truly loathsome suitors are aptly memorialized in Feiffer’s spritely black-and-white caricature illustrations. Guaranteed to generate giggles and guffaws." —Kirkus Reviews
"A lighthearted concoction overflowing with wordplay and alliteration. . . . [Readers] will laugh themselves silly." —New York Times Book Review
"Lowry draws on wicked humor, sly wordplay and stock characters to propel this pleasantly predictable romp . . .[she] again proves her range." —San Francisco Chronicle
"Newbery Medalist Lois Lowry and acclaimed illustrator Jules Feiffer throw one not-to-be-missed party with The Birthday Ball." —Family Fun Magazine
"Feiffer's frenetic lines and distinctive caricatures maintain the offbeat tone while adding a charming quirkiness in their own right. Youngsters who like thier fair share of mischief will get a kick out of this fractured fairy tale either on their own or as a readaloud." —The Bulletin
"Happiness radiates out from the Birthday Ball, zings down to the village and up again. A great story when read aloud." —Chicago Tribune
Notă biografică
Lois
Lowryis
known
for
her
versatility
and
invention
as
a
writer.
She
was
born
in
Hawaii
and
grew
up
in
New
York,
Pennsylvania,
and
Japan.
After
several
years
at
Brown
University,
she
turned
to
her
family
and
to
writing.
She
is
the
author
of
more
than
thirty
books
for
young
adults,
including
the
popular
Anastasia
Krupnik
series.
She
has
received
countless
honors,
among
them
the
Boston
Globe-Horn
Book
Award,
the
Dorothy
Canfield
Fisher
Award,
the
California
Young
Reader.s
Medal,
and
the
Mark
Twain
Award.
She
received
Newbery
Medals
for
two
of
her
novels,Number
the
StarsandThe
Giver.
Her
first
novel,A
Summer
to
Die,
was
awarded
the
International
Reading
Association.s
Children.s
Book
Award.
Ms.
Lowry
now
divides
her
time
between
Cambridge
and
an
1840s
farmhouse
in
Maine.
To
learn
more
about
Lois
Lowry,
see
her
website
at
www.loislowry.com
Jules
Feiffer's
artistic
sensibility
permeates
a
wide
range
of
creative
work,
from
his
Pulitzer-winning
comic
strip
in
the
Village
Voice,
to
his
Obie
Award-winning
playLittle
Murders,
to
his
Oscar-winning
anti-military
short
subject
animation,Munro,
to
his
beloved
illustrations
forThe
Phantom
Tollbooth.
Feiffer’s
cartoons
have
appeared
in
The
New
Yorker,
Esquire,
Playboy,
and
The
Nation,
and
he
was
commissioned
by
The
New
York
Times
to
create
its
first
op-ed
page
comic
strip
which
ran
monthly
until
2000,
when
Feiffer
decided
to
start
off
the
new
millennium
by
giving
up
cartooning.
Taking
inspiration
from
his
three
daughters
spanning
three
generations,
he
has
reinvented
himself
as
a
children’s
book
author.
His
first
book,The
Man
in
the
Ceiling,
was
selected
by
Publisher’s
Weekly
and
the
New
York
Public
Library
as
one
of
the
year’s
best
children’s
books.
A
former
instructor
at
the
Yale
School
of
Drama
and
Northwestern
University,
Feiffer
is
now
an
adjunct
professor
at
Southampton
College,
a
member
of
the
Dramatists
Guild
Council
and
has
been
elected
to
the
American
Academy
of
Arts
and
Letters.
This
is
his
first
book
with
Houghton
Mifflin.
Descriere
Princess
Patricia
Priscilla
is
bored
with
her
royal
life
and
the
excitement
surrounding
her
sixteenth
birthday
ball.
Doomed
to
endure
courtship
by
three
grotesquely
unappealing
noblemen,
she
escapes
her
fate—for
a
week.
Disguised
as
a
peasant,
she
attends
the
village
school
as
the
smart
new
girl,
“Pat,”
and
attracts
friends
and
the
attention
of
the
handsome
schoolmaster.
Disgusting
suitors,
lovable
peasants,
and
the
clueless
king
and
queen
collide
at
the
ball,
where
Princess
Patricia
Priscilla
calls
the
shots.
What
began
as
a
cure
for
boredom
becomes
a
chance
for
Princess
Patricia
Priscilla
to
break
the
rules
and
marry
the
man
she
loves.