تسع عشرة بنتًا.. وأنا

by Darcy Pattison, Steven Salerno (Illustrator), رحاب بسام (ترجمة)

ترجمة رحاب بسام

19 بنتا ...وأنا

عندما دخل ناصر فصله في أول يوم له في الحضانة ، وجد في انتظاره مفاجاة ، أو بالأصح 19 مفاجأة . كان الفصل مكونا من 19 بنتا وهو ... الولد الوحيد قال له أخوه الأكبر إن البنات سيجعلن من ناصر بنتا رقيقة مثلهن . أما هو فصمم علي جعلهن أولادا أشقياء

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Fiction, Gender

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

DARCY PATTISON (www.darcypattison.com) is published in ten languages.

Children’s book author Darcy Pattison writes award-winning fiction and non-fiction books for children. Her works have received starred PW, Kirkus, and BCCB reviews. Awards include the Irma Black Honor award, five NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books, Eureka! Nonfiction Honor book, Junior Library Guild selections, and NCTE Notable Children’s Book in Language Arts. She’s the 2007 recipient of the Arkansas Governor’s Arts Award for Individual Artist for her work in children’s literature.

Reviews

[Fatma Mustafa]

من ألطف الكتب التي قرأتها للصغار يوما ما 😍
أحببنا رسوماتها جدا حينها .. وخيالها الممتع
إعادة قراءة لنفسي هذه المرة .. يبدو أن عزلي في غرفة الصغار سيؤتي ثماره عبر زيارة مكتبتهن اللطيفة 🌸

[Jennifer]

John Hercules is the only boy in his class. 19 girls and...John Hercules. His brother teases and warns him that those girls are going to turn him into a sissy. Each day of the first week, John Hercules suggests a new, imaginative place to go. John Hercules and the 19 girls climb Mount Everest, dig to China, sail down the Amazon river, wrestle alligators, build a skyscraper and sing to the moon. Each day, John Hercules tells his brother what they did - proving that he wasn't a sissy and that the girls were tomboys. But each day, his brother says "...those girls will turn you into a sissy tomorrow." Then Friday comes. The second-graders are eating lunch with John Hercules and his class. What is his brother going to think? By the end of the story, John Hercules realizes that he doesn't care if its tomboy or sissy, he has 19 friends.

Love the story! It has travel, school, imagination, adventure - would love to read in a storytime. I think it would do better for a school-age storytime versus preschool.

[Nojood Alsudairi]

هل تستطيع 19 بنتا التأثير في ولد واحد؟
Just got the English version!

[Alshaimaa]

كتاب للأطفال..
جميل..مسلي..يجبرك لتعيش معه

[Karen]

Jake and mom rate 4 stars, Ellie 3 stars. Good use of imagination by the kindergarten class.

[Suzannah Thompson]

A little boy starts school in a class of 19 girls. And him. His brother warns him not turn into a sissy, but our hero turns out to be smarter than preconceptions.
I have never read a picture book that could be so empowering for little girls and so freeing for little boys. I love the illustrations and the imaginative spirit of this book.
I would use this in a class that may be having boy-girl conflict to reinforce the idea that it's ok for us all to get along. I highly recommend this book. Over the moon.

[Cheryl]

Do we really need to be reminded of the words "sissy" and "tomboy?" I know this book is supposed to counter the stereotypes that those words imply, but it would have been more interesting 30 or 40 years ago, no? My oldest son was born in 1985 and I would not have chosen this to read with him even back then when he was little.

[HadiBadi Books حادي بادي]

كتاب ممتع وشيق يساعد الأطفال على إدراك أن الجميع قادر على اللعب التخيلي سواء كان بنتا أو ولدا. كما أن الرسومات المفصلة لكل مغامرة بألوانها الزاهية تنقلنا من الواقع بألوانه القاتمة وتساعد على رسم خيال خصب وإظهار قدرة الأطفال على بناء عوالم خاصة بهم في عقولهم الصغيرة اليقظة.
للمراجعة الكاملة
https://wp.me/paMrp9-58

[Michelle Farella]

Great message!

[Jaymie Shook]

Feminism for kids. Love it.

[Nouru-éddine]

Ninteen friends and me.

[Joseph Vonderhaar]

A really nice Kid book for Boys

[Eman Nassar]

Loved the message of this cute book🥰

[Bethany Brown]

19 Girls and Me by Darcy Pattison is the story of a kindergarten class that is made up of 19 girls and 1 boy. In this story, we get to see the adventures the class has at recess, and learn about unity on the way.
This book was precious. I didn’t know what to expect at first, but by the end I absolutely loved it. I thought the message was wonderful, and it was a good way to go about it.
I would use this book at the beginning of the school year to help my students understand the importance of unity and enjoying time together.

[Alyssa Nelson]

I was pleasantly surprised by how good this book is. The cover didn't grab me at all and I was expecting a so-so book, but apparently my niece knows the good ones when she sees them. She took this right off the shelf and said, "I want this one."

The main message of this book is friendship. It teaches that no matter your gender, you can all play great games, have fun, and be friends. And it does this in a creative, fun way by delving into the world of children and imagining all sorts of activities they do and places they go. It is too easy to turn this sort of message into a preachy sermon, but Pattison stays away from that and keeps it fun. And oh my goodness are the words catchy! After reading it once, the catch phrase, "nineteen girls and one lone boy" stayed in my head for hours. It's very rhythmical. Children will love having this read to them.

The illustrations were also a lot better than I expected from the cover. Whenever the characters play a pretend game and "go somewhere," such as The Great Wall of China or the Amazon river, the pictures really come to life. There's a lot of detail and bright colors that kids will love. During one reading, my niece took the time to count all the birds and alligators (or was it crocodiles?) in the Amazon picture, so this story can be used for reading, geography, and counting too!

In short, I recommend this one. Children will love it, adults will love it, and it's a story that you can use for teaching a lot of different things. Definitely worth the money!

Also posted on Purple People Readers.

[Caleb]

Steven Salerno is the illustrator of this children's book, working with author Darcy Pattinson, but it's his show. The story is repetitive--but not unpleasantly so. First-grader John Hercules is the only boy in his class, and, despite his manly name, he and his older brother are afraid the girls will turn him into a sissy. He resloves to turn them into tomboys. Can he do it? Or will they change him? Or is there a third, positive moral-teaching optinion? Oh the drama!

For a week or so, the kids go out to recess, John suggests a "boy" game that they all play (pretending to dig to china), then someone suggests a "girl" game (drinking green tea while in China). Then the exciting climax in which we learn if boys can play "girl" games and if girls can play "boy" games.

Salerno's art in great; big-headed designs with wide, dot eyes and curly-little noses, all drawn with a fast and loose looking line that belies the careful construction of the images. He folds colorful imagined scenes of their play into the more gray-colored school scene, incorporating a yeti and alligators and suchlike without ever breaking the visual tone. He also draws 19 completely distinct girls with 19 completely distinct looks, personalities and hairstyles, and manages to squeeze all 19 of them into every single page/two-page spread.

[Amber]

The first look at this book, you might wonder what this book is really about and why would someone pick up a book like this. This book is about a boy who is in a kindergarten class with 19 girls. It talks about all the imaginations that the boy has to prove that he will not be turned into a "sissy" as his brother calls him. The girls and him go on extravegent imaginative trips from items that are just laying around the school yard. As I was reading the book, I was thinking that this could possibly happen in our classroom one day. Also, it shows how girls and boys can get along at such a young age, but as they get older, they get a little more like: "Oh no a boy! Ack!" :] This book would be good to share with your children in the classroom because it shows them how they can get along even though they may have different ideas and different desires.

[Skylar Burris]

Boys and girls can play together and each contribute something different and valuable to the imaginative play. Well, my daughter certainly didn't need a book to teach her that, although I did have to tell her what a "tomboy" and a "sissy" was. Nevertheless, a good story, using the kind of repetition children thrive on, with fun illustrations. It doesn't preach to the parents, but meets the kids in a situtation they might encounter. My daughter wanted me to read it several times.

[Elaine Fultz, kinda retired librarian]

One of the original elementary titles chosen for CCS/PFLAG Dayton Rainbow Reading project.

This book has also been chosen for the Diversity in Children's Literature ground for the topic of gender stereotypes/sex roles leading into a discussion about LGBTQIA+ books for young readers. This holds up for sure - big brother keeps telling little brother, John Hercules, that his class of all girls will turn him into a sissy, but John Hercules proves him wrong.

[Mary]

In the beginning this picture book seems like it will be reinforcing girl/boy stereotypes because big brother warns little brother about not turning into a sissy because he is the only boy in the class. But it ends with a confident little brother rejecting the stereotypes and seeing the girls as his friends.

[Auttumn C]

Great book on imagination and the importance of friendship, it also shows you to never change others because who they are just might surprise you! this would be a fun book if there is an only boy in a house of girls. :)

[Raven Grider]

The illustrations for this book are quite engaging and keep your engulfed throughout the entire story! This would be a great book to use because of its use of subtle repetition. It reminds me of my brother and father, growing up with only female siblings. :)

[Partridge Public]

Pattison, Darcy K-1st

[Jennifer]

Hee hee...clever story.

[ツ Ðΰắā ☠]

مرررررررررررررة خطيرة

[Luann Kern]

Cute story with great build up and sequencing. Illustrations remind me of Bemelan's Madeline books.

[Daniel Zielske]

In trying to teach about gender stereotypes, Darcy Pattison tells a cute story that does plenty of reinforcing of gender stereotypes.

[Noran Mohamed]

موجود بالشروق خصم ٥٠٪ مقتنعتش بيه

[Judy]

Quite a clever idea and well executed. A good message.

[Kevin]

Great book for the kids.