Ernest și Celestine la muzeu

Ernest et Célestine #10

by Gabrielle Vincent, Alexandru Gurău (Translator)

Ernest este pasionat de istoria artei, iar la muzeu descoperă o mulțime de tablouri care îl captivează. Galeria interminabilă i se pare însă plictisitoare lui Celestine, care se rătăcește de Ernest. Cei doi prieteni se caută neliniștiți prin muzeu și, cu ajutorul paznicilor, se regăsesc. Celestine a tras însă o spaimă uriașă, din care își revine abia acasă, mângâiată de cuvintele afectuoase ale lui Ernest.

Ursul Ernest și șoricica Celestine sunt printre cele mai îndrăgite personaje din literatura europeană pentru copii. Ilustrate în acuarelă, poveștile lor surprind întâmplări din viața oricărui copil: micile bucurii sau dezamăgiri, pierderea unei jucării, capriciile zilnice. Textul simplu și puterea evocatoare a imaginilor pastelate fac din această serie de povești o capodoperă de mare sensibilitate și o primă școală a vieții pentru micii cititori.

Gabrielle Vincent este pseudonimul sub care a publicat cărți pentru copii pictorița belgiană Monique Martin (1928-2000). În anii ’80, Monique Martin s-a dedicat cu pasiune ilustrației de carte pentru copii și a devenit creatoarea unor albume memorabile.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, France, Art, Fiction

36 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Monique Martin, alias Gabrielle Vincent, was a writer and illustrator of children's books from Belgium. She was born in Brussels on 9 September 1928, and died there on 24 September 2000. Her nom de plume is derived from the first names of her grandparents, Gabrielle and Vincent.

She worked as a painter of water color before beginning a career in the 1980s as an illustrator with the series Ernest et Célestine, adapted for cinema in 2012.

Reviews

[Bregje · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lovely illustrations and the story is easy enough to understand if your French is not great.

[Myriam · Rating 5 out of 5]

C'est avec un grand plaisir que nous retrouvons les très belles histoires justes, poétiques et pleines de tendresse d'Ernest et Celestine accompagnées de magnifiques aquarelles.

[Kathleen · Rating 4 out of 5]

In the written pages of Where Are You, Ernest and Celestine, Ernest the adult, grownup sized bear and Celestine, the child sized mouse go on an adventure to the museum where Ernest has a job interview. Unfortunately Ernest doesn’t get the job; the museum director won’t let Ernest bring Celestine along with him. The director tells Ernest and Celestine to check out the paintings while they’re there. And so they do!

Read more about Ernest and Celestine's trip to the museum on The Banana Peel

[Cara Byrne · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm going to be honest: I'm not a French speaker, so I do not understand the edition I own of his book. However, the illustrations and the liveliness of the font seem to speak for themselves and Lu and I are absolutely enchanted by the relationship between this stodgy bear and his young, hyper mouse companion.

[Joanne Roberts · Rating 4 out of 5]

A delightful episode in the lives of Ernest and Celestine. A small adventure fraught with relatable tensions. Gorgeous illustration joy is multiplied as the story takes place in a museum and therefore doubles as a seek n find of favorite classical paintings. Satisfying ending and plenty of heart

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a sweet story - I read the French version and it was easy to understand. The illustrations are also very good at conveying the story and the characters display a lot of expression. We haven't read any of the other books in this series, but I think our girls would like them.