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Constance and the Great Escape
In Constance and Tiny the irrepressible scamp ran away only to get dragged back home. Now her scheming parents are sending her off to a terrible, horrible place: a boarding school for wayward children! There, the rules are strict, the bathwater’s cold, and the food’s horrid. Worst of all, her beloved cat Tiny can’t come along. It’s just like prison! But canny Constance has...more
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
September 1st 2009
by Sterling
(first published August 22nd 2007)
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It’s fairly rare in children’s literature to run across an unlikeable character with absolutely no redeeming qualities. Sure Junie B. Jones breaks some rules, Max is difficult, and Pigeon can be self-centered, but all of those characters provoke sympathy from the reader.
Not Constance.
Rude and manipulative, her over-the-top behavior will come as a bit of a shock to those used to warmer, friendlier characters. In Constance and the Great Escape, Le Gall presents a personality that is completely dis...more
Not Constance.
Rude and manipulative, her over-the-top behavior will come as a bit of a shock to those used to warmer, friendlier characters. In Constance and the Great Escape, Le Gall presents a personality that is completely dis...more
Not quite as cute (I won’t say charming) as the first one, not quite as funny, but possibly slightly more interesting. I really like these Constance and Tiny books. I mean, how can you not have some positive feelings for a girl who loves her cat?! I think I will put this on my school-stories shelf. Constance is sent by her parents to a school for difficult children, but is clever enough to act like a good girl so the staff will decide she doesn’t need the school. It’s pretty amusing. As Constanc...more
Constance is a horrid little girl with a huge kitty. Her parents decide to take her to a boarding school for troublesome children and Constance hits upon a plan to get sent back home. The artwork in this book is gorgeous in what I guess is called a Goth style. Other than that though the book has rather a pointless plot: how to be a nasty kid; how to trick grown-ups into thinking you are good. I'm reading it as a Cybils nominee in the graphic novels category and it's simple one panel per page sty...more
This book reminded me of Babymouse - just a teensy bit. The reason is that most of the scenery around Constance is black, white, gray and brown. But Constance herself is always seen in a bright red dress - easily picked out in each picture. Babymouse does something similar - only with the color pink. Constance and her cat Tiny are a terror not to be reckoned with and you can easily tell that from the comical illustrations in this graphic novel.
It was a simple, easy and short read that really mad...more
It was a simple, easy and short read that really mad...more
Kim loved 'Constance and Tiny' so much she plucked this oe out to read it. She's German but she loves this one and understood it.
This book is very cute and funny because there is a cat that is fatter than the girl.
The illustrations are my favourite, especially the ones with Tiny, the cat.
Did not love this book, though the illustrations were great.
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