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Dorémus, Gaëtan
3 Reviews
(4)
K-3
Translated by Sarah Klinger.
A crocodile cares for what he thinks is an abandoned baby croc. When he realizes the baby is actually a young child in armor, fear takes hold and the two part ways, despite their fondness for each other. This quirky book is not without charm, but the bittersweet message may not resonate with a picture-book audience. The detailed crosshatch illustrations, however, will.
Reviewer: Rebecca Reed Whidden
(2)
K-3
In this wordless, enigmatic Western, prisoner Coyote escapes into the desert, with the burro-like sheriff in hot pursuit. There, entranced by the lights of tiny insects, the two drop their weapons, share a meal, and ultimately ride a swarm of the magical insects into the bright white sky. Dorémus's spare desert scenes, rendered in delicate line and crosshatching, set off the solid-looking characters to good effect.
Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2014
(3)
K-3
After a wolf swipes a sleeping bear's teddy, the bear chases after him. The wolf tosses the teddy; the bear swallows the wolf, and so it goes with other animals who thwart the bear's efforts. Offsetting all this ferociousness is the delicate, etching-like art and, of course, the wordless book's kid-charming premise: that a brutish bear is undone without his teddy.
Reviewer: Nell Beram
3 reviews
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