Overview / 简介: |
Pedro and George are fed up with the children of the world getting them confused. Pedro is a crocodile, and George is an alligator. There抯 a difference, you know!
This determined pair decides to go on a mission to prove who抯 who, once and for all. Pedro packs two sandwiches, a toothbrush, a comb, and off they go. (The comb, of course, is only for show.) The classroom at the other end of the world is unsurprisingly shocked by their arrival梑ut after a little learning and a lot of chaos, Pedro and George head back home to their ordinary tasks of sorting toothpicks and repainting their bathrooms, satisfied that they抳e taught an important lesson. Or so they think! |
From Organization / 国外机构评价: |
| K-Gr 2桺edro is a crocodile and his cousin George is an alligator. Or is it the other way around? This book, a French import, is not pedantic, but rather a humorous adventure. Tired of being called the wrong names, they blame the formless entity called "the children on the other end of the world" and forge a journey to rectify the situation and settle the score. Naturally, this will bring a stream of objections from an audience of young readers! Pedro and George's string of off-the-cuff comments provide a backdrop of humor as they traverse the jungle and arrive at school. The visit renders young whippersnapper Josephine, a judo master, and Mrs. Muiche useless-her hair standing on end is depicted in memorable straight, parallel, energetic but understated lines. The drawings are fresh and economic in tone and line, packed with myriad little details for children to scour and devour and created devoid of computer enhancement, with just a black felt tip pen and only two tones of colored ink: pinkish flesh-tone and a brightish pea green. Juxtapositions such as "Dictation" written on the blackboard side-by-side with a sign saying "Do not Copy" will have the grown-ups laughing, too. The class decides to make the visit educational and to take advantage of the live specimens to investigate the anatomical differences between the two reptiles. Pedro, George, and all the kids, especially Josephine, become fast friends. VERDICT A fun school story that budding readers will enjoy perusing and reading again and again. |
About the Author / 作者介绍: |
| Delphine Perret has a degree from the Decorative Arts School in Strasbourg. She is the author-illustrator of more than a dozen titles published at 蒬itions Thierry Magnier and l扐telier du Poisson Soluble, which have been translated into several languages. She has illustrated many other titles at Le Seuil, Syros, and Bayard. Her work is often very minimalist. She explores subjects such as the relationship between text and images, words and their sounds, everyday life and the imagination we can instill into it. She lives in Lyon, France, where she also cofounded an art gallery. Visit her at ChezDelphine.net. |
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