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Merveille, David
4 Reviews
(3)
K-3
A Monty Python character ultimately proves an apt subject for a children's book. Forgoing a narrative, Merveille takes a graphically flat rendering of John Cleese's famous high-stepping suit-and-tie man and inserts him into various wordless contexts: he's a Christmas tree, Jesus on the cross, a Minecraft character, etc. Too silly? More like too funny.
Reviewer: Nell Beram
(2)
K-3
Hello, Mr. Hulot borrowed the character from Jacques Tati's iconic films; this sequel echoes the setting of Mr. Hulot's Holiday. What is original to this wordless, black-and-white picture book are the scrapes that Mr. Hulot gets into: a folding beach chair fights back, a seagull lays eggs in his shoe. Except for a few contemporary touches, this is a timeless world of summer, sweetly funny.
Reviewer: Sarah Ellis
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2016
(1)
K-3
Merveille cleverly captures the essential French film character Monsieur Hulot in every episode of this collection of short, largely wordless, comic-strip vignettes. Hulot longs to be a hero--an astronaut, a dashing lover, a gun-toting outlaw--but somehow his feats of derring-do end up being more mundane. Merveille pays homage to the films, but these are newly minted mini-dramas.
Reviewer: Sarah Ellis
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2014
(3)
K-3
This almost-wordless book delivers a lively musical sampler. On the title page, a man opens his diner. A series of double-page spreads follows, showing iconic interpretations of the customers' jukebox selections. Both the name of each song and the mood it evokes are cleverly incorporated into the design and color choices of the stylish illustrations.
Reviewer: Sethany Rancier Alongi
4 reviews
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