Wolf and Dog - Hardcover

Vanden Heede, Sylvia

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1877579475 ISBN 13: 9781877579479

Verlag: GECKO PR, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Sylvia Vanden Heede

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"Venden Heede's Dutch chapter book is gracefully translated by Nagelkerke, who renders even its rhymes and wordplay in natural-sounding English. Wolf is an ill-mannered boor of a carnivore who devours his bacon straight from the pan. His cousin Dog is a creature of civilization, with 'a basket. And a boss [owner].' In nine loosely related episodes, the meek and nervous Dog begins to probe Wolf's weak spots, verbally fencing with him and taking advantage of his inability to read. Vanden Heede is careful not to choose sides; both creatures have their moral failings. 'I'll do it, ' Dog says, when Wolf asks for a favor. 'But I want to be in the news.' The bloodthirsty Wolf, for his part, has some poignant vulnerabilities. 'I can't bark, ' he tells Dog. 'The kitty just laughs at me.' Tolman's miniature color vignettes are gems, but they have bite, too; she draws Wolf sitting atop a stool of bones eating meat from a tire balanced on an old toilet. While it's not for the fainthearted, readers who enjoy battles of wits will savor Vanden Heede's dark comedy." --Publishers Weekly

--Journal

"The wild clashes with the civilized in this quirky book of interrelated stories about a decidedly odd couple. Wolf and Dog are cousins, but they lead very different lives. The former lives in the woods and has no loyalty to anyone. The latter lives in a house with a master and takes pride in being responsible and orderly. These creatures share an ambivalent friendship that is chronicled in a series of scenes in which the two interact. At times their relationship is less friendly and leads to tricks and one-upmanship, but they manage to work things out in the end. Ranging from small inserts to full page, the color and line illustrations capture the differing natures of Dog and Wolf perfectly. However, while the text and subject matter are appropriate for younger readers, the language play and subtle humor may be over their heads." --School Library Journal

--Journal

"Translated from Dutch, this brief import describes the sometimes-humorous interactions between Dog and his toothy cousin, Wolf.
Presented in nine chapters, with just a few scant stanzas of free verse to a page, the stories evoke simple situations and minor conflicts, including a very scary (to Wolf, anyway) cat who has invaded his woods. Wolf, full of bluster, is never really as frightful as he thinks himself to be; Dog is mostly calm, although when faced with the stress of driving away the cat with a fearsome bark, he can only manage a pathetic 'Weef!' This is all the funnier since the illustration shows him giving it his all before an unimpressed feline. In a typical passage, Wolf intends to raid Dog's refrigerator: 'Give me beer and meat and soup and cheese. / And half a dozen loaves of bread. / Heap the plate high. / I need to build up my strength!' In another, which seems to suffer from a translation issue, Wolf rearranges the letters of some of Dog's words, creating new ones. Unfortunately, the rearranged word that confusingly sets the scene is 'pack' to 'cap.' Others--'live' to 'evil' and 'star' to 'rats'--work better. More appealing than the text are Tolman's delicately detailed, yet childlike color-infused, anthropomorphic illustrations that appear on almost every spread.
A quirky little tale with appeal to newly minted independent readers with sophisticated senses of humor." --Kirkus Reviews

--Journal

Reseña del editor:

Shares the adventures of canine cousins, Dog and Wolf, who live very different lives but continue to get each other into mischief.

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• Verlag: GECKO PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1877579475
• ISBN 13: 9781877579479
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 96
• Zeichner: Tolman Marije