The Rock from the Sky

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In het laatste hoofdstukken gaat de zon onder in hun eigen tijd. De mooiste tijd waarin niets in de weg staat, maar nog steeds de goede eigen plek belangrijk is en niet iedereen alles kan horen. Dan ga je dichterbij de anderen staan. Net op tijd samen. So in the book, I’m going through the motions, but there’s this silent conversation going on also. What do you think is this going to happen? Is he telling the truth? Kids can hear it. It’s like that part in The Shining when the little boy and the caretaker are in the kitchen and the caretaker is talking about all the food they have, but then at the same time, in the shining way, silently, he’s asking the boy, Do you want some ice cream?... He’s saying to the boy, “I’m reading you.”

Does it even matter?. Not much actually happens in this book, but Klaasen is completely unique in that he just wants kids to talk about the book and what happens in it, the three creatures and their relationships with each other. Turtle and Armadillo see all sorts of things in the future of their little spot. What do you think the future will be like where you live? Het verhaal bestaat uit vier delen. In het eerste deel vertelt de schildpad dat hij heel graag bij de bloem staat en dat hij nooit ergens anders meer wil staan. Een steen ergens in het universum op de volgende bladzijde komt van boven. Het gordeldier komt aangelopen en vraagt wat de schildpad aan het doen is: ‘Ik sta op mijn lievelingsplek.’ Het gordeldier vindt het geen fijne plek, het gevoel is niet goed. Hij ziet een andere plek bij een plantje en gaat er even staan om te zien of het beter voelt. Vervolgens kunnen ze elkaar niet verstaan, ’JE BENT TE VER WEG.’ en komt even terug.

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Que no se entere Pennac que ya no les leo a mis hijos. La fase del acompañamiento se acabó y al final, de todos esos años sumergido en lecturas en voz alta de cuentos, libros, álbumes ilustrados, grapas y hasta un par de omnigolds de la Patrulla-X, me ha quedado una afición por la literatura infantil y juvenil y unos cuantos nombres a los que seguiré la pista en solitario. That experience changed my mind about so many things. I asked them why the door in the stage set was bent. They said, “The door is bent so someone in the balcony can see it.” It’s for the audience! Every decision is for them. Why would the turtle say, “Come stand with me”? Why would the mole yell, “This is where I like to stand”? It’s for the audience. It’s for you! The book doesn’t exist without that.Turtle really likes standing in his favorite spot. He likes it so much that he asks his friend Armadillo to come over and stand in it, too. But now that Armadillo is standing in that spot, he has a bad feeling about it . . .

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Forgotten the title or the author of a book? Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. Visit BookSleuthThis book was a thumbs up! It was funny but I’m glad the tortoise is OK. The pictures were my favourite bit, I loved everybody’s cool hats.

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Reynolds and Brown have crafted a Halloween tale that balances a really spooky premise with the hilarity that accompanies any mention of underwear. I tried reading it again and again. But I still cannot hear what it has to say. Maybe it needs to come closer. :)It might be smart and droll, but it's also so completely and utterly unsatisfying *as a story* it becomes almost a vanity project, something pretty smug. Klassen said he was inspired by Arnold Lobel. Oh no. It is also, as it just so happens, a book that may be impossible to encapsulate well in a review. Let me put it this way then: Would you like to read a book that will make you laugh and your kids laugh, and all of you are laughing for real, no one faking it, and enjoying this book for the exact same reasons? Because what we have here is a bit of a unicorn. It’s a book that is amusing to children and adults in precisely the same way. It straddles ages and even, I’d suggest, different kinds of senses of humor. Add in the fact that it’s beautiful to look at (yes, kudos on those skies, Jon), a tiny bit poignant, and contains funny hats and I’d say it’s a winner to its core. The kind of book that comes out of the blue and just hits you with its charm. That phrase is key to children’s books. Kids want to work for you. They’re excited to be entrusted with that task. “Yeah, you want me to figure it out. You’re not going to spoon-feed me.” They’re so excited, and you can feel it, almost, when they realize what you’re asking them to do. My 5 1/2 year old granddaughter loved this story. She is beginning to read the simple words herself, and loved the dialog among the three animals. The wonderful water-color illustrations are a huge part of this book's appeal and contribute to the book's charm. Condition: New. Look up! From the Caldecott Medal-winning creator of the Hat trilogy comes a new deadpan gem.Turtle really likes standing in his favourite spot. He likes it so much that he asks his friend Armadillo to come over and stand in it, too. But n.