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The Girl Who Hated Books
When Meena accidentally knocks over a pile of her parents' books, a collection of live characters, including fairies and princes, comes spilling off the pages and into her room, and Meena has no choice but to read the books in order to get them back home to their rightful place.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published April 28, 1999
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February 15, 2018
Finding someone who hates to read is hilarious. It is highly likely that they would not have explored a great magical world sitting right in front of them.
So it the case with Meena. She is lovely and hates reading like anything. Read this one to find out how books can make you love them once you start reading.
So it the case with Meena. She is lovely and hates reading like anything. Read this one to find out how books can make you love them once you start reading.
May 9, 2010
I laughed so hard I cried.
The overflowing books in Meena’s house were just too close to home. So funny! This is a fantastic book for those whose homes are overflowing with books. I have such a place now, and my childhood home (especially until a friend of my parents built them a large bookcase) was similarly book filled.
I loved Meena’s cat Max. This is a good book for cat lovers also.
While it’s not a novel concept, I do like how this book shows kids all the joys that are in the pages of books. Books are not “just full of words.” The crying wolf was hysterical, and so different from the depiction of wolves as evil, and I almost choked with laughter when the rabbit mistakenly almost got put in the cookbook.
This is a fun book and I think it’s great for all kids, whether or not they generally love books.
My edition was a bilingual Tamil-English book.
And, the story tickled my fancy so much I almost forgot to mention that I also really enjoyed the illustrations. It is a picture book so that is important to know.
The overflowing books in Meena’s house were just too close to home. So funny! This is a fantastic book for those whose homes are overflowing with books. I have such a place now, and my childhood home (especially until a friend of my parents built them a large bookcase) was similarly book filled.
I loved Meena’s cat Max. This is a good book for cat lovers also.
While it’s not a novel concept, I do like how this book shows kids all the joys that are in the pages of books. Books are not “just full of words.” The crying wolf was hysterical, and so different from the depiction of wolves as evil, and I almost choked with laughter when the rabbit mistakenly almost got put in the cookbook.
This is a fun book and I think it’s great for all kids, whether or not they generally love books.
My edition was a bilingual Tamil-English book.
And, the story tickled my fancy so much I almost forgot to mention that I also really enjoyed the illustrations. It is a picture book so that is important to know.
February 2, 2020
Although both of her parents were voracious readers, filling their house with books - stacked on shelves and tables, piled on the floor, stuck in odd places like the refrigerator, or inside dresser drawers - young Meena hated books, and read them as little as possible. To her they were just annoyingly common objects, always in the way, always liable (as they had done when they came tumbling down on her cat, Max) to cause a problem. Then one day, after rescuing Max from his perch on top of a tower of books, and winding up in a jumble of fallen volumes and dislodged characters - themselves fallen out of their respective titles - she discovers that she must read each story, in order to determine where the lost characters belong...
Meena's discovery that reading is immensely pleasurable, and that books are friends that can be visited and revisited again, makes for an engaging story, even if the ending feels like a foregone conclusion. As someone who has taken to stacking excess books at the back of my closet, because my shelves are filled to capacity, I identified strongly with the household depicted here, and (of course!) liked Manjusha Pawagi's message about the joys of reading! The accompanying illustrations by Leanne Franson are full of fun, showing rooms bursting with books (or characters from books, as the case may be). All in all The Girl Who Hated Books, while not the most outstanding picture-book I have picked up of late, is a solidly engaging title, one I would recommend to reluctant young readers, or to the adults in the lives who are anxious to strike that spark of bibliophilia in them.
Meena's discovery that reading is immensely pleasurable, and that books are friends that can be visited and revisited again, makes for an engaging story, even if the ending feels like a foregone conclusion. As someone who has taken to stacking excess books at the back of my closet, because my shelves are filled to capacity, I identified strongly with the household depicted here, and (of course!) liked Manjusha Pawagi's message about the joys of reading! The accompanying illustrations by Leanne Franson are full of fun, showing rooms bursting with books (or characters from books, as the case may be). All in all The Girl Who Hated Books, while not the most outstanding picture-book I have picked up of late, is a solidly engaging title, one I would recommend to reluctant young readers, or to the adults in the lives who are anxious to strike that spark of bibliophilia in them.
June 22, 2010
I loved this little gem! Thanks so much to my GoodReads friend Lisa for bringing it to my attention. It's funny, because as I sit down to write a review, I find myself at a loss to explain WHY I liked this so much. The writing is a bit uneven at times (poetry here, prose there) and the illustrations, while cute and effective, are not something I would have been drawn to of their own accord. And, yet... I just felt my heart glowing when I finished this book! I just had to laugh in the beginning since Meena is so against picking up a book (since her parents love it so much) and though I figured Meena would come to like reading, the journey there took a completely different route than I expected. It is so magical and fun! And there's a cute black cat named Max, and he is so adorable even down to the crooked tail (an atlas fell on it when he was little, poor kitty!)
Definitely recommended for book-lovers! It might also be of interest to those seeking books with characters of Indian descent, or those seeking Canadian picture books (the author was born in India and moved to Toronto--the illustrator grew up in Saskatchewan and works in Montreal).
Definitely recommended for book-lovers! It might also be of interest to those seeking books with characters of Indian descent, or those seeking Canadian picture books (the author was born in India and moved to Toronto--the illustrator grew up in Saskatchewan and works in Montreal).
April 26, 2009
Cute story about a little girl who hates books because her house is overfilled with them. One day the towering stacks topple over, spilling the characters out into the house, and she must figure out how to put them back.
March 26, 2018
ماذا يحدث عندما تقابل فتاة تكره الكتب
شخصيات الكتب
الارنب من اليس في بلاد العجائب
الذئب في ليلي و الذئب
كيف تتعامل معهم؟ وكيف يحول تعاملها مع الشخصيات
قصة لطيفة جدا من أجل التعريف بالقراءة
شخصيات الكتب
الارنب من اليس في بلاد العجائب
الذئب في ليلي و الذئب
كيف تتعامل معهم؟ وكيف يحول تعاملها مع الشخصيات
قصة لطيفة جدا من أجل التعريف بالقراءة
August 27, 2018
Girl who hated books by Manjusha Pawagi
Review by Mei Chen
A girl named Meena lives in a house with full of books inside, she never looked up anything anywhere, and it makes her hate books. And one-day morning, she was looking up her cat, and the cat was on the top of the tallest stack of books, she tried to climb the books to rescue her cat, but she lost her balance and she fall on the floor with the books. When books flying on the air, the characters from books all jumped out, playing the furniture in her house, she was cried and yelled to them, asked them to go back to where they belong to, but she could not remember which book is right for the specific character, because she never read them. And she decided to read aloud, when characters recognized it is the book where they from, they jumped back inside the book. After Meena putted all the characters back inside the book, she began to miss them, and she started reading books because she realized she can see them inside the books again.
The beginning of the story explain why Meena does not like reading books, she did not hate reading at first, but since her parents kept putting books inside the house, everything is inconvenient for her, then she started hating books. It is a foreshadowing of the tallest stack of books, because she hates books, she never read the books from her parents, she stacked them together, and day by day, it became the tallest stack of books. Cat Max is a really important role in this story, it led Meena to discover the wonder of books.
The cover image express clear about the story, a girl is frowning and agitating, inside a room with a lot of book irregularly, and a cat sitting on a stack of books implies the trend of story. The other images inside the books are clear and understandable, the illustrator used vibrant color to catch children’s eyes easily.
This book is good for kids and parents reading together, kids can understand that books have many interesting things inside, and parents can learn do not burden their children with their hobbies from the book.
Review by Mei Chen
A girl named Meena lives in a house with full of books inside, she never looked up anything anywhere, and it makes her hate books. And one-day morning, she was looking up her cat, and the cat was on the top of the tallest stack of books, she tried to climb the books to rescue her cat, but she lost her balance and she fall on the floor with the books. When books flying on the air, the characters from books all jumped out, playing the furniture in her house, she was cried and yelled to them, asked them to go back to where they belong to, but she could not remember which book is right for the specific character, because she never read them. And she decided to read aloud, when characters recognized it is the book where they from, they jumped back inside the book. After Meena putted all the characters back inside the book, she began to miss them, and she started reading books because she realized she can see them inside the books again.
The beginning of the story explain why Meena does not like reading books, she did not hate reading at first, but since her parents kept putting books inside the house, everything is inconvenient for her, then she started hating books. It is a foreshadowing of the tallest stack of books, because she hates books, she never read the books from her parents, she stacked them together, and day by day, it became the tallest stack of books. Cat Max is a really important role in this story, it led Meena to discover the wonder of books.
The cover image express clear about the story, a girl is frowning and agitating, inside a room with a lot of book irregularly, and a cat sitting on a stack of books implies the trend of story. The other images inside the books are clear and understandable, the illustrator used vibrant color to catch children’s eyes easily.
This book is good for kids and parents reading together, kids can understand that books have many interesting things inside, and parents can learn do not burden their children with their hobbies from the book.
September 1, 2014
I was pleasantly surprised with the story of Meena and her disdain for reading. A quick synopsis of the book shows Meena and her cat, two stubborn and feisty characters, that hate reading even though they are surrounded by it. Meena is pushed by her parents to read at every turn, which in turn, creates a barrier for Meena to actively enjoy books. It seems as though books are shoved in Meena's direction in every room of the house, with books in spots they have no business being. From a child's perspective, I can see how Meena might not particularly be that intrigued with the initial thought of reading, seeing as how it almost seems as it is forced down her throat. However, once she stumbles across the magic inside the stories she reads, a whole world opens up for her.
Two things I particularly enjoyed in the book was how Meena discovered her love for reading - the must climb a large stack of books in order to rescue her beloved cat and as she does so, the books fly everywhere and all the characters find themselves in her room. It was a creative plot twist that I think children would find fascinating. I also really enjoyed the illustrations as they stood out a bit more than a few of the other children's books I have read, and I believe that would capture the eye of children, too.
Two things I particularly enjoyed in the book was how Meena discovered her love for reading - the must climb a large stack of books in order to rescue her beloved cat and as she does so, the books fly everywhere and all the characters find themselves in her room. It was a creative plot twist that I think children would find fascinating. I also really enjoyed the illustrations as they stood out a bit more than a few of the other children's books I have read, and I believe that would capture the eye of children, too.
January 21, 2015
Meena hated books. Her home was full of books because her parents consistently brought books home day by day. They were constantly in her way. She couldn't brush her teeth without taking books out of the sink or get milk for her cereal without moving magazines to the side. Her cat Max also happened to hate books, so they were two peas in a pod. However, when Max gets stuck on top of a tall pile of books, Meena tries to rescue him by climbing up the stack of books. But they both fall, and Meena is about to explore a whole new world when she discovers what is in those books.
Pawagi did incredible, mainly because this is her first book. I think it was exciting that Meena hated seeing all those books while I would have tried to read every single one. There's a reason why her parents always brought more, after all. An exciting plot twist made the book appealing and magical, which I didn't expect. I enjoyed Franson's artwork because it was vivid and more detailed than other picture books.
I enjoyed this very much. For younger readers and those who don't like reading, this book can convince them to change their opinion on books. Meena represents many children that think books are boring and would rather play video games or watch TV. However, once they discover the pleasure of reading, they can expand their imagination and discover more about themselves.
Pawagi did incredible, mainly because this is her first book. I think it was exciting that Meena hated seeing all those books while I would have tried to read every single one. There's a reason why her parents always brought more, after all. An exciting plot twist made the book appealing and magical, which I didn't expect. I enjoyed Franson's artwork because it was vivid and more detailed than other picture books.
I enjoyed this very much. For younger readers and those who don't like reading, this book can convince them to change their opinion on books. Meena represents many children that think books are boring and would rather play video games or watch TV. However, once they discover the pleasure of reading, they can expand their imagination and discover more about themselves.
August 23, 2014
Meena grew up hating books. Her parents loved books and had them everywhere in the house. Meena thought they were quite the hassle. She refused to read them even if they were in her way. One day, her cat was missing so she went searching through the house to find the cat perched upon a large pile of books. While trying to get her cat down, Meena knocked over the pile of books and her house became a zoo.
Growing up, I was never like Meena. All I would do was read, read and read! The thought of hating books at such a young age was a weird thought for me to have, and I couldn't connect with Meena at all. The pictures very much carried the story though Meena's faces, her family's faces and how the pictures overall came alive on the pages. The text and the illustrations worked together super well helping guide a new reader through the book without much difficulty.
Growing up, I was never like Meena. All I would do was read, read and read! The thought of hating books at such a young age was a weird thought for me to have, and I couldn't connect with Meena at all. The pictures very much carried the story though Meena's faces, her family's faces and how the pictures overall came alive on the pages. The text and the illustrations worked together super well helping guide a new reader through the book without much difficulty.
August 29, 2018
Mina is a girl who kept her books everywhere but where they belonged. Her parents loved to read and ordered her books after books to get her to read but mina did not like books. Mina was looking for her cat Max, she found him on the pile of books her parents got her. She climbed up to get Max when the books all fell down, and with it, the characters of the books came alive. The characters were all running around in the room. She was trying to get them back in their books but they didn't know where to go. In order for the characters to go in the proper books she had to read them. So one by one she read the books and each character went back to their proper book. Mina realized she liked books and they were filled with magic. Her parents came home to find the table chewed up, the dishes broken, and the house destroyed but they didn't care because they saw Mina reading a book.
September 20, 2013
The book has a manageable rhythm, which I liked reading along with Meena's assertive tone. Basically, Meena's and her cat hate books, but she realises books have more than words! The book incorporates other famous tales characters like 'The Three Little Pigs' . His is lovely book because it will encourage children to read, even if it is or the wrong reason. The feature I like the most is the book can be used by children who are EAL, as he book comes in many different languages. The book can be used by children in year 1&2, but the pictures in the book have a mature look by using water-colour drawing with paint brush strokes. I would be eager to use this book in the classroom, hence, the five star rating.
February 22, 2017
I think this book is really smart with it's choices.
To focus on the art first.
One thing about his cover that I don't like is that the front cover is the same as the first page. When I see complete duplicates. (Especially this one.) I feel like something is stolen from the story.
I get why they used it it works perfectly for both but it's a little disappointing they didn't take that last step.
I am not a fan of this art style BUT in this book it looks great. (I don't think any other style would work as well.)
The story is good and amusing and I can see this story being expanded into something much larger. I can see this a full length novel. This book really has all the components for a great story and it's done well.
Good direction with a good conflict and a satisfying ending.
To focus on the art first.
One thing about his cover that I don't like is that the front cover is the same as the first page. When I see complete duplicates. (Especially this one.) I feel like something is stolen from the story.
I get why they used it it works perfectly for both but it's a little disappointing they didn't take that last step.
I am not a fan of this art style BUT in this book it looks great. (I don't think any other style would work as well.)
The story is good and amusing and I can see this story being expanded into something much larger. I can see this a full length novel. This book really has all the components for a great story and it's done well.
Good direction with a good conflict and a satisfying ending.
January 21, 2014
Perfect example of how books can come to life! Meena expresses her passion on how much she hates books, reading and anything else that has to do with them. The author writes with great tone and voice that the reader can not help but appreciate. The watercolor illustrations are also very captivating. The message of this story is that if you don't like books or reading now that doesn't mean that you won't like them later. To enjoy reading you must enjoy the book. So find a genre that captures your interest and as a result you will find a book that captures your attention. I really liked the ending and I'm sure Meena's parents did as well!
September 12, 2011
I enjoyed this book. I think I can relate to Meena, the main character. When I was younger my mom would buy me all of these books and stack them up in my room. She would only buy them for me if I promised to read them. All of the books were intimidating to me and I probably saw them as mountains of books like Meena did. I really appreciated the illustrations in this book. As a kid I was very drawn to the pictures in books.
January 14, 2012
The Girl Who Hated Books is a wonderful book! It starts with a young girl who hated books then discovered that books have more than just words in them. There are creative stories with animals and fun adventures. Then she soon loved books. I could relate to this story because it is basically how I use to be. I think children would love this book because the illustrations are amazing! They really take you into this story line.
January 4, 2016
Rather than a picture book, this felt like an easy-reader book with illustrations. I wish it had been longer and played out, or at least depicted, the empty books and the characters leaping back to their homes. It didn't drive the point of books containing worlds as concretely as it could have been, nor did it illustrate it as imaginatively as it might've.
But, of course, since it promotes reading I enjoyed the basic premise.
But, of course, since it promotes reading I enjoyed the basic premise.
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April 26, 2009This brings back memories of trying to get my daughter Nicole to read books, I tried bribing her with pizza, toys, anything I could think of, then one day she started to read and ever since she has a hard time getting her head out of a book, I am going to have to buy this for her!!
October 9, 2018
I got this for free as part of the every child in kindergarten taking home a book over the summer (sponsored by TD).
I still have it all of these years later, and Meena’s parents’ house looks like my parents, and what hopefully my house will look like too.
I still have it all of these years later, and Meena’s parents’ house looks like my parents, and what hopefully my house will look like too.
January 25, 2011
I thought this book was different. I really liked the illustrations in this story. I believe that this would be a good book for students to get motivated about reading.
April 20, 2013
I saw this book at a school library and fell in love at first sight. the story is very cute, and the watercolor pictures are amazing.
October 26, 2014
A little girl hates books because her parents are hoarders and have way too many books in the house, one day she learns to enjoy books but her parents are still awful hoarders.
April 3, 2017
Books everywhere. My kind of home.
September 20, 2017
I remember loving this book, even did a project on it in grade six!
April 2, 2023
One little girl hates books and everything about them.
When she knocks over a pile, she unleashes the characters and creatures from within the books. Uh oh!
This book is good for grown-ups who may have reluctant readers on their hand and the power that books can give imaginative young minds or hesitant readers.
The illustrations are striking, but the writer's text and getting to the point feel like they take too long (even for a picture book).
A good read for libraries, teachers/educators and grown-ups;
When she knocks over a pile, she unleashes the characters and creatures from within the books. Uh oh!
This book is good for grown-ups who may have reluctant readers on their hand and the power that books can give imaginative young minds or hesitant readers.
The illustrations are striking, but the writer's text and getting to the point feel like they take too long (even for a picture book).
A good read for libraries, teachers/educators and grown-ups;
April 12, 2022
The Girl Who Hated Books by Manjusha Pawagi, Illustrator Leanne Franson- Children’s Illustrated Colour Picture Book- The book narrates the story of girl named Meena who hated reading books. Parents purchase books, borrow books from the library for themselves and for Meena. Their house is stacked with books. Her parents read books and discuss about them most of the time and at every occasion so that Meena is encouraged to read. Meena has a pet cat named Max. Max also hates books because a heavy map book fell on her tail and she was hurt. Max tries to sit on the top of the books. Meena finds it difficult to brush her teeth as some books are kept on the wash basin. Meena removes the books, brushes her teeth, takes out milk from the refrigerator and serves for himself and for Max in her bowl. She calls Max but finds that Max in sitting on the highest tile of books. Meena climbs the books like a staircase but she slips and falls down. She couldn't brush her teeth without taking books out of the sink or get milk for her cereal without moving magazines to the side. Her cat Max, also happened to hate books so they were two peas in a pod. However, when Max gets stuck on top of a tall pile of books, Meena tries to rescue her by climbing up the stack of books. But she slips and falls down. The books also fall down and their pages are open. The characters of the books come out and start playing. Rabbits, elephants, Prince, Princess, frogs, wolf, pigs, Humpty Dumpty, giraffe, coloured birds, monkeys came out. Now it was the job of Meena to send the animals and birds back the books before her parents return home. Meena reads all the books and sends the characters back in the pages of the books. Last rabbit is blue jacket remains. Meena opens the last book and the rabbit jumps back. Meena is sad likes to remain with the rabbit. This is an interesting book for those that don't like reading, this book will be able to change their opinion on books. Meena represents many children that think books are boring and would rather play video games or watch television or internet games. However, once they discover the pleasure of reading, they will be able to expand their imagination and even discover more about themselves. Coloured pictures help the reader to relate to the story. I have read the Hindi language translation of this book.
January 13, 2012
The Girl Who Hated Books by Manjusha Pawagi, with illustrations by Leanne Franson, is a much longer book than I expected when I picked it up, but it was well worth the extra two minutes that it took to read.
The cover picture shows a young girl who we learn is Meena--the title character--walking through a room in which every piece of furniture, as well as the floor, are covered by books. She has a very grumpy look on her face as she kicks a book out of her way. I looked at the remainder of the illustrations before reading any of the story and I found myself thinking, "No wonder she hates books, I would too if I had to move them out of my way just to be able to eat at the dinner table." I also wondered if her parents ignored her a bit, based on an illustration of the family having dinner and Mom and Dad each had a book that they were discussing with the other, apparently not talking to the girl at all. The illustrations continue and we see a large pile of books collapse and their characters fall out of them. Meena seems as upset about them coming to her house as they are about leaving their own worlds, as is evidenced by a terrified-looking rabbit and a wolf that is crying. After this mass chaos, Meena is shown reading to the books' characters. All are more calm and an egg (most likely Humpty Dumpty, who presumably fell and broke, as he often does) has a band-aid holding him together and is listening with all the other characters. The last page shows Meena sitting in a room alone, happily reading as her parents stand in the doorway with shocked looks on their faces.
The story goes exactly how one would expect based on the illustrations. The thing I loved the most was a page after most of the characters had returned to their books, which they did as Meena read the stories they belonged to. The last character to leave was Peter from The Tale Of Peter Rabbit. Meena was sad to see him go because she suddenly felt lonely. The moral of the story comes when she looks around and realizes that all of the new friends she just made were still there with her, just in the books. All she had to do was read their books and she would be able to see them again.
It was a well-written story with very telling illustrations. While a bit more wordy than I like for reading to a class (because the kids I work with tend to get wiggly after just a few minutes) I would recommend it as a book for parents to read to their kids. Sometimes kids really just don't understand that there are all kinds if new adventures to go on and new people to meet just by opening a book.
The cover picture shows a young girl who we learn is Meena--the title character--walking through a room in which every piece of furniture, as well as the floor, are covered by books. She has a very grumpy look on her face as she kicks a book out of her way. I looked at the remainder of the illustrations before reading any of the story and I found myself thinking, "No wonder she hates books, I would too if I had to move them out of my way just to be able to eat at the dinner table." I also wondered if her parents ignored her a bit, based on an illustration of the family having dinner and Mom and Dad each had a book that they were discussing with the other, apparently not talking to the girl at all. The illustrations continue and we see a large pile of books collapse and their characters fall out of them. Meena seems as upset about them coming to her house as they are about leaving their own worlds, as is evidenced by a terrified-looking rabbit and a wolf that is crying. After this mass chaos, Meena is shown reading to the books' characters. All are more calm and an egg (most likely Humpty Dumpty, who presumably fell and broke, as he often does) has a band-aid holding him together and is listening with all the other characters. The last page shows Meena sitting in a room alone, happily reading as her parents stand in the doorway with shocked looks on their faces.
The story goes exactly how one would expect based on the illustrations. The thing I loved the most was a page after most of the characters had returned to their books, which they did as Meena read the stories they belonged to. The last character to leave was Peter from The Tale Of Peter Rabbit. Meena was sad to see him go because she suddenly felt lonely. The moral of the story comes when she looks around and realizes that all of the new friends she just made were still there with her, just in the books. All she had to do was read their books and she would be able to see them again.
It was a well-written story with very telling illustrations. While a bit more wordy than I like for reading to a class (because the kids I work with tend to get wiggly after just a few minutes) I would recommend it as a book for parents to read to their kids. Sometimes kids really just don't understand that there are all kinds if new adventures to go on and new people to meet just by opening a book.
November 22, 2012
Mint könyvet szerető embernek, akinek a lakása is teli van mindenféle kötettel és állandóan helyhiánnyal küzd, egyik célom volt, hogy a gyerekeimbe is átvigyem a betűk iránti szeretetet. Na de mi van, ha ez nem történik meg? Mi lesz akkor, ha az utódaim pontosan ellenkezőképpen állnak az olvasáshoz, mint én? Nos, ez a kis könyvecske éppen erről szól.
Meena otthonát szülei révén ellepik a könyvek. De tényleg, szinte szó szerint mindenütt ott vannak, s ő ki nem állhatja ezt. Ezért aztán hiába van ezek közt rengeteg ami neki is szól, egyszerűen nem hajlandó olvasni őket. A könyvutálatban társa a család macskája, Max aki aztán bajba kerül és Meena akaratlanul is megismerkedik a könyvei szereplőivel, s aztán kénytelen magukkal a könyvekkel is közelebbi kapcsolatba kerülni. Kiderül, hogy a kemény (vagy éppen puha) fedelek közt milyen csodák is élnek.
Manjusha Pawagi írónő szerint ahhoz, hogy a gyerekek megszeressék a könyveket azért szerencsére is szükség van. S igazából erről szól ez a kis történet is: mert ha ráérez a gyerek az olvasás ízére, akkor már menthetetlen. Meg mondjuk arról, hogy hiába van otthon sok meg szép könyv, azért az kevés, mert meg is kell mutatni a gyereknek, hogy mi várhat rá, ha kinyitja azt a fedlapot. Különben tényleg csak kerülgetni fogja a porgyűjtő halmazokat. Pawagi története mellé Leanne Franson illusztrációi igazán illenek és örömmel fedeztem fel ismerős alakokat rajzai közt.
Kukacoskodás, de a kék kabátos nyuszi eredete nekem gyanús volt, hát utána néztem, s bizony az eredetiben Nyúl Péter Kalandjai szerepel, nem az Álomcirkusz, szóval van benne félrefordítás. Mentségére lehetne mondani a fordítónak, hogy 2003-ban még nem indította el sorozatát a General press, bár már jelent meg itthon korábban is Beatrix Potter mesekönyv, igaz csak a sztorik és egészen más illusztrációval. De én szőrösszívű vagyok:) Amúgy érdemes lenne kicsit javítani ezen és újra kiadni, mert nagyon szép és tanulságos könyv, ott a helye az Oroszlán a könyvtárban meg az Itt egy könyv mellett nem csak a gyerekkönyvtárak polcain, de otthon is.
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Meena otthonát szülei révén ellepik a könyvek. De tényleg, szinte szó szerint mindenütt ott vannak, s ő ki nem állhatja ezt. Ezért aztán hiába van ezek közt rengeteg ami neki is szól, egyszerűen nem hajlandó olvasni őket. A könyvutálatban társa a család macskája, Max aki aztán bajba kerül és Meena akaratlanul is megismerkedik a könyvei szereplőivel, s aztán kénytelen magukkal a könyvekkel is közelebbi kapcsolatba kerülni. Kiderül, hogy a kemény (vagy éppen puha) fedelek közt milyen csodák is élnek.
Manjusha Pawagi írónő szerint ahhoz, hogy a gyerekek megszeressék a könyveket azért szerencsére is szükség van. S igazából erről szól ez a kis történet is: mert ha ráérez a gyerek az olvasás ízére, akkor már menthetetlen. Meg mondjuk arról, hogy hiába van otthon sok meg szép könyv, azért az kevés, mert meg is kell mutatni a gyereknek, hogy mi várhat rá, ha kinyitja azt a fedlapot. Különben tényleg csak kerülgetni fogja a porgyűjtő halmazokat. Pawagi története mellé Leanne Franson illusztrációi igazán illenek és örömmel fedeztem fel ismerős alakokat rajzai közt.
Kukacoskodás, de a kék kabátos nyuszi eredete nekem gyanús volt, hát utána néztem, s bizony az eredetiben Nyúl Péter Kalandjai szerepel, nem az Álomcirkusz, szóval van benne félrefordítás. Mentségére lehetne mondani a fordítónak, hogy 2003-ban még nem indította el sorozatát a General press, bár már jelent meg itthon korábban is Beatrix Potter mesekönyv, igaz csak a sztorik és egészen más illusztrációval. De én szőrösszívű vagyok:) Amúgy érdemes lenne kicsit javítani ezen és újra kiadni, mert nagyon szép és tanulságos könyv, ott a helye az Oroszlán a könyvtárban meg az Itt egy könyv mellett nem csak a gyerekkönyvtárak polcain, de otthon is.
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January 19, 2014
The girl who hated books is a very cute and clever story. I think it is relatable to almost every child out there because they have all gone through that “I hate reading” phase, I know I did. But, I think if one of those children read this book they would get interested and curious to see what other adventures and exciting things they can read about. I thought it was interested to have the parents be the big readers in the family. I think if it wasn’t for her parents having all those book assessable to her the girl would have never “fell” into reading. I love the message of you never know what adventures are held in a book until you pick one up and read it. Not all book are boring and I think that is a big misconception that all kids have about books. I would love to have this book in my classroom to prove to my students that books could be fill with amazing and fun things if you just give them a chance and read one.
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August 25, 2011The way the author described the house, it sounded like a health hazard! There are books all over the house including in the sink, on the floor, and just places where books should not be. But, because of the mess that the parents created, it lead the main character, Meena, to her crazy adventure with all the characters spilling out of the pages when the books collapse under her. This is a story of you do not know what you like until you try it. Meena did not know how interesting books were until she was forced to read them to fix the mess. That is definitely a lesson you want to teach the students because it can lead them into different knowledge and activities they did not know they liked until they tried it. After reading the book, you can ask them and have a discussion of what other activities can they think of that they will have to try first before they know if they like it or not.
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