The Big Umbrella
Autor Amy June Bates, Juniper Batesen Limba Engleză Hardback – 11 mai 2023 – vârsta până la 8 ani
Ce se întâmplă când o umbrelă decide că nu există limite pentru generozitatea ei? Apreciem nespus umorul vizual și absurdul blând din The Big Umbrella, unde o umbrelă zâmbitoare care „așteaptă lângă ușă” începe să crească pe măsură ce ploaia aduce noi și noi prieteni. Indiferent dacă ești foarte înalt, porți carouri, ești neobișnuit de păros sau ai un număr ciudat de picioare, sub acest adăpost magic se găsește loc pentru toată lumea. Este o metaforă vizuală superbă care transformă un obiect cotidian într-un simbol al acceptării necondiționate.
Scrisă în limba engleză, această carte marchează debutul ca autoare al ilustratoarei Amy June Bates, care a colaborat cu fiica sa, Juniper, pentru a crea un text liric și accesibil. Copiii care au iubit One of These Is Not Like the Others de Barney Saltzberg vor găsi aici aceeași celebrare a diferențelor, însă într-un context narativ mai cald și mai poetic. Spre deosebire de lucrările sale anterioare mai complexe, precum Gittel's Journey, unde explorarea temelor istorice era mai densă, The Big Umbrella mizează pe simplitate și pe puterea ilustrațiilor acuarelate de a transmite emoție pură. Structura este una repetitivă, liniștitoare, ideală pentru lectura înainte de culcare sau pentru sesiuni de lectură interactivă, unde detaliile tactile ale copertei — cu lac selectiv și relief — adaugă o dimensiune senzorială experienței. Subliniem modul în care autoarele reușesc să trateze conceptul de „celălalt” fără a folosi un ton moralizator, ci unul ludic și primitor.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1534406581
Pagini: 40
Ilustrații: f-c reflective (jkt spfx: spot uv + emboss; 3-pc paper case w-stamp; heavy stock)
Dimensiuni: 254 x 206 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: A Paula Wiseman Book/Beach Lane Books
Colecția A Paula Wiseman Book/Beach Lane Books
De ce să citești această carte
Recomandăm această carte părinților cu copii între 3 și 7 ani care doresc să introducă noțiunile de empatie și incluziune într-un mod natural. Cititorul câștigă un instrument prețios pentru a explica diversitatea: umbrela care se lățește infinit este dovada că bunătatea nu se termină niciodată. Este o lectură esențială pentru bibliotecile de acasă care pun preț pe inteligența emoțională și pe estetica vizuală deosebită.
Despre autor
Amy June Bates este o ilustratoare prolifică, recunoscută pentru capacitatea de a insufla viață și căldură personajelor sale în zeci de cărți pentru copii, printre care Pumpkin Cat și seria Beryl E. Bean. Locuiește în Ann Arbor, Michigan, iar portofoliul său include lucrări premiate precum Gittel's Journey (Sydney Taylor Honor). În The Big Umbrella, ea își extinde talentul narativ, colaborând cu fiica sa pentru a aduce o perspectivă proaspătă și onestă asupra lumii copilăriei, păstrând stilul vizual bogat care a consacrat-o.
Descriere scurtă
“A boundlessly inclusive spirit...This open-ended picture book creates a natural springboard for discussion.” —Booklist
“This sweet extended metaphor uses an umbrella to demonstrate how kindness and inclusion work...A lovely addition to any library collection, for classroom use or for sharing at home.” —School Library Journal
In the tradition of Alison McGhee’s Someday, beloved illustrator Amy June Bates makes her authorial debut alongside her eleven-year-old daughter with this timely and timeless picture book about acceptance.
By the door there is an umbrella. It is big. It is so big that when it starts to rain there is room for everyone underneath. It doesn’t matter if you are tall. Or plaid. Or hairy. It doesn’t matter how many legs you have.
Don’t worry that there won’t be enough room under the umbrella. Because there will always be room.
Lush illustrations and simple, lyrical text subtly address themes of inclusion and tolerance in this sweet story that accomplished illustrator Amy June Bates cowrote with her daughter, Juniper, while walking to school together in the rain.
Notă biografică
Juniper Bates was in sixth grade when she and her mom, Amy June Bates, came up with the idea for The Big Umbrella while sharing an umbrella in a rainstorm. Juniper loves music, skiing, books, and puddles she can jump in. Juniper lives in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, with their family and dog, Rosebud.
Recenzii
"A subtle, deceptively simple book about inclusion, hospitality, and welcoming the 'other.'"
The main attraction of this expansive picture book is...the upwelling of a boundlessly inclusive spirit reminiscent of Leodhas and Hogrogian’s Caldecott-winning Always Room for One More (1965). Well designed for classroom read-aloud sessions, this open-ended picture book creates a natural springboard for discussion."
Illustrator Bates applies her signature watercolor, gouache, and pencil style to a quiet story about a smiling umbrella, a tale sparked by a conversation with her seventh-grade daughter, co-author Juniper Bates.The eponymous rain protection is a big, red, friendly, helpful umbrella that sits near the front door and "likes to spread its arms wide" when it rains. As the pages turn, the umbrella grows in size, its smile ever widening, "to give shelter." It gathers all in—tall, hairy, plaid. "It doesn't matter how many legs you have," the omniscient narrator assures, as a basset hound droops forlornly outside its shelter before being welcomed in. While the book does not bill itself as political, it is hard to read it without thinking of current events—and of the umbrella as a metaphor for the United States. "Some people worry that there won't be enough room under the big umbrella," the narrator warns. "But the amazing thing is…there is." The final spread of this gentle picture book is an illustration of diverse people in a park: a black jogger; a white man in a wheelchair with a small dog on a leash; a brown woman wearing a hijab with a butterfly in her palms; two men and three children (in child seats), all of different skin colors, riding a tandem bike. A subtle, deceptively simple book about inclusion, hospitality, and welcoming the "other."(Picture book. 3-6)
Wearing a yellow slicker and boots on a rainy day, a child carries an open red umbrella down a city street. On each page, a sentence lightly personifies the umbrella: “It likes to spread its arms wide. / It loves to give shelter. / It loves to gather people in.” More and more folks join the child under its rapidly expanding canopy, until, in the last illustration, the umbrella arches over a park filled with animals and culturally diverse, differently abled people, all enjoying themselves and their surroundings. The appealing watercolor, gouache, and pencil illustrations work beautifully with the text to tell the story. In contrast to the gray skies, the red umbrella stands out visually, creating a warm, cheerful space for those beneath it. The main attraction of this expansive picture book is neither the plot nor the concept, but the upwelling of a boundlessly inclusive spirit reminiscent of Leodhas and Hogrogian’s Caldecott-winning Always Room for One More (1965). Well designed for classroom read-aloud sessions, this open-ended picture book creates a natural springboard for discussion.
This sweet extended metaphor uses an umbrella to demonstrate how kindness and inclusion work. The big umbrella waits by the door with a smile. “It is a big, friendly umbrella. It likes to help.” It’s a rainy day and help is welcome, so the umbrella, once opened, provides shelter to all comers. First to its owner, and then to a ballerina, a dog, a skater, a monster…there is no limit to how many can fit under its widespread arms. “Some people worry that there won’t be enough room under the big umbrella. But the amazing thing is…there is.” Bates’s signature sketchy watercolors begin the story on the endpapers with a downpour and heavy, wet clouds. The muted colors of the rainy cityscape give contrast to the smiling red umbrella and the folks it is protecting. Each page is lighter than the one before until the sun is out, and a final spread opens to show just how much room there is. Bates and her young daughter thought up the idea for this story during a rain storm. The message is direct but not didactic, useful in discussion about classroom and family behaviors, community-building and kindness in general, not to mention helpful for discussion about the current political climate. VERDICT A lovely addition to any library collection, for classroom use or for sharing at home.