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Title: The Shape Game by Anthony Browne ISBN: 0-374-36764-7 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Pub. Date: 02 September, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: What A Clever Little Book
Comment: I picked up this book after seeing the positive review in the NY Times Book Review. I was taken particularly with the illustration from the Tate Museum of the family's viewing "The Cholmondeley Ladies by British School, seventeen century." One of my favorite paintings from the Tate, a print of it hangs in my home.
The story, apparently autobiographical, is about a family-- Mom, Pop and two boys-- who go for an outing at the Tate. Only Mom and the narrator, who ultimately becomes an artist, are really into this visit. Mom asks questions to the children in an effort to awaken their interest in great art. Dad, not to be outdone, keeps a running supply of corny jokes going.
The book title comes from a game the author's mother used to play with her dad. "The first person draws a shape - any shape, it's not supposed to be anything, just a shape. The next person has to change it into something. It's fantastic. . . And, in a way, I've been playing the shape game ever since."
If this beautifully illustrated little volume gets one child to appreciate art, it will be well worth the money the parents paid for it. It's the next best thing to visit a gallery or museum.
Rating: 1
Summary: depressing
Comment: I bought this book based on the NY times review and found the book depressing. The father is an oaf, and one of the main paintings the author discusses in the book is a painting of a famly where the husband has just discovered his wife's affair with another man. Why would I want to explain that situation to my child? And the best part of the book - the shape game, is only 2 pages and almost an afterthought. I wish there was more of that.
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Title: Dan's Angel: A Detective's Guide to the Language of Paintings by Alexander Sturgis, Lauren Child ISBN: 1929132476 Publisher: Kane/Miller Book Pub Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long, David Shannon ISBN: 0152018484 Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Man Who Walked Between The Towers by Mordicai Gerstein ISBN: 0761317910 Publisher: Millbrook Press Pub. Date: 18 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin, Harry Bliss ISBN: 006000150X Publisher: Joanna Cotler Pub. Date: 14 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: Babar's Museum of Art by Laurent De Brunhoff ISBN: 0810945975 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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