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"The Great Blue House" and "Madeline"
These two books are from very different worlds.
The Great Blue House
3 stars
Author: Kate Banks
Illustrator: Georg Hallensleben
Over the summer months a family lives in the great blue house. They enjoy the creek, the woods and more. When the fall comes, the family shuts up the house and leaves.
Being shut up should mean the great blue house is empty all winter. It isn't. Several creatures move in. They are there waiting when the family returns the next summer.
The illustrations are done in impressionistic oils. They are well done, but can seem too much for a picture book.
Madeline
3 stars
Author/Illustrator: Ludwig Bemelmans
Set in Paris long ago, the story opens up discussion of how children grew up then in private, nun supervised homes.
Madeline is one of twelve little girls overseen by Sister Clavel. She is brave and mischievous. One night she develops appendicitis. Off the doctor takes her to the hospital.
The school is very regimented. The girls go to many places in Paris. A list of them is in the back.
The drawings are simple impressions of the people and places.
The Great Blue House
3 stars
Author: Kate Banks
Illustrator: Georg Hallensleben
Over the summer months a family lives in the great blue house. They enjoy the creek, the woods and more. When the fall comes, the family shuts up the house and leaves.
Being shut up should mean the great blue house is empty all winter. It isn't. Several creatures move in. They are there waiting when the family returns the next summer.
The illustrations are done in impressionistic oils. They are well done, but can seem too much for a picture book.
Madeline
3 stars
Author/Illustrator: Ludwig Bemelmans
Set in Paris long ago, the story opens up discussion of how children grew up then in private, nun supervised homes.
Madeline is one of twelve little girls overseen by Sister Clavel. She is brave and mischievous. One night she develops appendicitis. Off the doctor takes her to the hospital.
The school is very regimented. The girls go to many places in Paris. A list of them is in the back.
The drawings are simple impressions of the people and places.
