Where's Walrus?
Autor Stephen Savageen Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 ian 2011 – vârsta de la 3 până la 6 ani
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Parents Choice Awards (Spring) (2008-Up) (2011), Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (2012), NAPPA Gold Awards (2011)
Bored with life at the zoo, an adventurous walrus escapes to the outside world. With the zookeeper in hot pursuit, Walrus cleverly tries on all sorts of hats to disguise himself. Will a yellow hardhat point to a new life as a construction worker? Or will a red swimming cap reveal his true talents? Follow the happy-go-lucky runaway as he hides amongst firefighters, businessmen, and even high-stepping dancers in this delightful wordless picture book.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780439700498
ISBN-10: 0439700493
Pagini: 32
Ilustrații: illustrations
Dimensiuni: 244 x 275 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Scholastic Press
Locul publicării:New York, NY
ISBN-10: 0439700493
Pagini: 32
Ilustrații: illustrations
Dimensiuni: 244 x 275 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Scholastic Press
Locul publicării:New York, NY
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Recenzii
The Horn Book, starred reviewMarch/April 2011
A sleeping zookeeper, wide-open gates, a clever walrus--a slow day at the city zoo is about to get a lot more interesting. In this wordless look-and-find book, the walrus escapes from his small pool and heads out the gates; the now-alert zookeeper immediately sets off in pursuit. But everywhere he looks, from the fountain to the diner, from the construction site to the theater, the walrus is nowhere to be found. Or is he? With the right headgear and attitude, the walrus hides easily in plain sight over and over again. Preschoolers will love being one step ahead of the clueless zookeeper, who doesn\u2019t notice the fountain\u2019s new mermaid statue or the store mannequin with tusks or the stage dancer with flippers and a tail instead of feet. Savage\u2019s stylish digitally created illustrations feature clean shapes, strong lines, and solid blocks of color. The graphically appealing scenes are easy to read, allowing even the younges
Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewJanuary 15, 2011
It's another slow day at the zoo--not. The keeper has nodded off, and all are asleep--all, that is, except Walrus. The seemingly content creature carefully assesses the situation from his small, raised pool. In one quick flip, he\u2019s off scurrying toward...freedom? A flowing fountain ahead, a shocked zookeeper behind, and loads of fun awaits! So begins the visual hijinks. Walrus, always one step ahead of his mustachioed caretaker, manages to build structures, fight fires and dance the cancan, all before winning an attention-grabbing platform-diving competition. His crowd-pleasing performance leaves the zookeeper thoughtful. Thus, Walrus returns to a refurbished home--complete with diving pool--and to new audiences attracted to the zoo. Minimal linework and simple blocks of color done in a cool, playful palette contribute to a \u201950s, modern aesthetic. Savage thoughtfully applies his graphic approach to Walrus\u2019 industrious
The Wall Street JournalJanuary 2011
Elementary-school children relish the challenge of finding visual clues in picture books, hence the popularity of intricately designed puzzle series such as \u0022Spot Seven, \u0022 \u0022I Spy\u0022 and \u0022Where's Waldo?\u0022 Younger children enjoy the hunt too but, being smaller, generally need less complicated images on which to test their wits. Stephen Savage's picture book \u0022Where's Walrus?\u0022 (Scholastic, 32 pages, $16.99) is an especially funny and stylishly retro-looking option for this nursery-school crowd. In its clean, colorful pages, a walrus escapes from a pool at the zoo while his keeper snoozes. When the man eventually gives chase, the walrus eludes capture by cleverly blending into various city scenes. On the cover, for instance, we see him wearing a fedora, smiling tuskily at us from a diner counter, where he is getting a cup of coffee. He poses with mannequins in a shop window, lays bricks with a row of workmen, in
"The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books"
February 2011
In this wordless picture book, an adventurous walrus slips out of the zoo as the keeper naps, and the enterprising marine mammal leads his would-be captor on a merry chase through the city. After successfully hiding himself amid group after group of people, he finally tips his hand--flipper?--by winning a diving contest; the thoughtful keeper then creates a happier home (and a zoo showpiece) for the walrus by providing him with his own diving board and regulation pool. The visual gag of the walrus's blending into various lineups merely by adding an accessory (a plume on his head means the zookeeper can't find him amid the Rockettes, a hard hat is sufficient to disguise him in a line of bricklayers, and it's the removal of his diver's bathing cap that finally outs him to his pursuer) is an amusing one, cleverly conveyed, and while there's not much plot beyond that, it's still a giggle-worthy and creatively interpret
"The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books"February 2011
In this wordless picture book, an adventurous walrus slips out of the zoo as the keeper naps, and the enterprising marine mammal leads his would-be captor on a merry chase through the city. After successfully hiding himself amid group after group of people, he finally tips his hand--flipper?--by winning a diving contest; the thoughtful keeper then creates a happier home (and a zoo showpiece) for the walrus by providing him with his own diving board and regulation pool. The visual gag of the walrus's blending into various lineups merely by adding an accessory (a plume on his head means the zookeeper can't find him amid the Rockettes, a hard hat is sufficient to disguise him in a line of bricklayers, and it's the removal of his diver's bathing cap that finally outs him to his pursuer) is an amusing one, cleverly conveyed, and while there's not much plot beyond that, it's still a giggle-worthy and creatively interpreted conceit. The trim illustrations are digitally created, with the smooth regularity and crisp clarity common to that medium, but there's a generous helping of Little Golden Book retro style that gives a period flavor to the escapade. The palette, carefully limited in each spread, sports muted shades of aqua and navy in addition to its predominant gray, but the creamy white of the matte pages ensures that the spreads stay bright and sunny. The shapes balance sturdy rectangles with the rounder shapes of people and Walrus, with Walrus' odd-critter-out status visually emphasized by the droll Fisher-Price sameness of the humans among whom he's attempting to secrete himself. The read-it-yourself wordlessness, visual humor, and sheer absurdity of a walrus' urban adventures will surely appeal to youngsters with a taste for the incongruously silly.
A sleeping zookeeper, wide-open gates, a clever walrus--a slow day at the city zoo is about to get a lot more interesting. In this wordless look-and-find book, the walrus escapes from his small pool and heads out the gates; the now-alert zookeeper immediately sets off in pursuit. But everywhere he looks, from the fountain to the diner, from the construction site to the theater, the walrus is nowhere to be found. Or is he? With the right headgear and attitude, the walrus hides easily in plain sight over and over again. Preschoolers will love being one step ahead of the clueless zookeeper, who doesn\u2019t notice the fountain\u2019s new mermaid statue or the store mannequin with tusks or the stage dancer with flippers and a tail instead of feet. Savage\u2019s stylish digitally created illustrations feature clean shapes, strong lines, and solid blocks of color. The graphically appealing scenes are easy to read, allowing even the younges
Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewJanuary 15, 2011
It's another slow day at the zoo--not. The keeper has nodded off, and all are asleep--all, that is, except Walrus. The seemingly content creature carefully assesses the situation from his small, raised pool. In one quick flip, he\u2019s off scurrying toward...freedom? A flowing fountain ahead, a shocked zookeeper behind, and loads of fun awaits! So begins the visual hijinks. Walrus, always one step ahead of his mustachioed caretaker, manages to build structures, fight fires and dance the cancan, all before winning an attention-grabbing platform-diving competition. His crowd-pleasing performance leaves the zookeeper thoughtful. Thus, Walrus returns to a refurbished home--complete with diving pool--and to new audiences attracted to the zoo. Minimal linework and simple blocks of color done in a cool, playful palette contribute to a \u201950s, modern aesthetic. Savage thoughtfully applies his graphic approach to Walrus\u2019 industrious
The Wall Street JournalJanuary 2011
Elementary-school children relish the challenge of finding visual clues in picture books, hence the popularity of intricately designed puzzle series such as \u0022Spot Seven, \u0022 \u0022I Spy\u0022 and \u0022Where's Waldo?\u0022 Younger children enjoy the hunt too but, being smaller, generally need less complicated images on which to test their wits. Stephen Savage's picture book \u0022Where's Walrus?\u0022 (Scholastic, 32 pages, $16.99) is an especially funny and stylishly retro-looking option for this nursery-school crowd. In its clean, colorful pages, a walrus escapes from a pool at the zoo while his keeper snoozes. When the man eventually gives chase, the walrus eludes capture by cleverly blending into various city scenes. On the cover, for instance, we see him wearing a fedora, smiling tuskily at us from a diner counter, where he is getting a cup of coffee. He poses with mannequins in a shop window, lays bricks with a row of workmen, in
"The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books"
February 2011
In this wordless picture book, an adventurous walrus slips out of the zoo as the keeper naps, and the enterprising marine mammal leads his would-be captor on a merry chase through the city. After successfully hiding himself amid group after group of people, he finally tips his hand--flipper?--by winning a diving contest; the thoughtful keeper then creates a happier home (and a zoo showpiece) for the walrus by providing him with his own diving board and regulation pool. The visual gag of the walrus's blending into various lineups merely by adding an accessory (a plume on his head means the zookeeper can't find him amid the Rockettes, a hard hat is sufficient to disguise him in a line of bricklayers, and it's the removal of his diver's bathing cap that finally outs him to his pursuer) is an amusing one, cleverly conveyed, and while there's not much plot beyond that, it's still a giggle-worthy and creatively interpret
"The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books"February 2011
In this wordless picture book, an adventurous walrus slips out of the zoo as the keeper naps, and the enterprising marine mammal leads his would-be captor on a merry chase through the city. After successfully hiding himself amid group after group of people, he finally tips his hand--flipper?--by winning a diving contest; the thoughtful keeper then creates a happier home (and a zoo showpiece) for the walrus by providing him with his own diving board and regulation pool. The visual gag of the walrus's blending into various lineups merely by adding an accessory (a plume on his head means the zookeeper can't find him amid the Rockettes, a hard hat is sufficient to disguise him in a line of bricklayers, and it's the removal of his diver's bathing cap that finally outs him to his pursuer) is an amusing one, cleverly conveyed, and while there's not much plot beyond that, it's still a giggle-worthy and creatively interpreted conceit. The trim illustrations are digitally created, with the smooth regularity and crisp clarity common to that medium, but there's a generous helping of Little Golden Book retro style that gives a period flavor to the escapade. The palette, carefully limited in each spread, sports muted shades of aqua and navy in addition to its predominant gray, but the creamy white of the matte pages ensures that the spreads stay bright and sunny. The shapes balance sturdy rectangles with the rounder shapes of people and Walrus, with Walrus' odd-critter-out status visually emphasized by the droll Fisher-Price sameness of the humans among whom he's attempting to secrete himself. The read-it-yourself wordlessness, visual humor, and sheer absurdity of a walrus' urban adventures will surely appeal to youngsters with a taste for the incongruously silly.
Descriere
A happy-go-lucky Walrus escapes the zoo in search of adventure in this wordless instant classic.Bored with life at the zoo, an adventurous walrus escapes to the outside world. With the zookeeper in hot pursuit, Walrus cleverly tries on all sorts of hats to disguise himself. Will a yellow hardhat point to a new life as a construction worker? Or will a red swimming cap reveal his true talents? Follow this happy-go-lucky runaway and find the surprising answer as he hides amongst firefighters, street painters, businessmen, and even high-stepping dancers!
Stephen Savage's witty and graphically retro illustrations are the perfect embodiment of a wordless picture book rich with layers of visual flair and sly humor.
Stephen Savage's witty and graphically retro illustrations are the perfect embodiment of a wordless picture book rich with layers of visual flair and sly humor.
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Premii
- Parents Choice Awards (Spring) (2008-Up) Approved, 2011
- Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens Recommended, 2012
- NAPPA Gold Awards Winner, 2011