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Title: The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher by Molly Bang ISBN: 0-689-80381-8 Publisher: Aladdin Library Pub. Date: 01 May, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.05 (19 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Well loved by my children
Comment: I thought that this was a creepy looking book when I bought it. But since I had it, I decided to let my kiddos look at it and see if they liked it. They Did!!
My three year old, who wants to read, had no problem 'reading' this story and finding out all sorts of interesting aspects to the pictures as he read the book.
My son has bullied his little sister into helping him act out this little book. He has 'read' it to me many times over. He has enjoyed this book and so has my daughter.
I rated it a four because, as I said, I found the pictures just a bit creepy when we first got the book. But it is well enjoyed by children, so I'd certainly buy it again.
Enjoy.
Rating: 5
Summary: My 2-year old insists on this book every night!
Comment: The illustrations in this book are wonderfully imaginative, detailed, and evocative. I enjoy the fact that there are no words which I think makes the sharing of the book with my daughter a more creative and interactive experience for the two of us. In other words, we tell the story together from night to night, and we are always discovering new elements. I delight at her discoveries from the illustrations, e.g. the green thumb on the produce man, the penguin in the shop window, the silly, satisfied grin on the strawberry snatcher as he/she swings down from a tree on a vine. There are seemingly endless possibilities for discovering and creating stories here.
The characters in the book reflect people of different races/cultures in the most subtle ways which I appreciate for my daughter because, in fact, it reflects the world we live in, and makes the book less mono-dimensional.
I have wondered if my daughter might find the story frightening, as the strawberry snatcher follows the grey lady from town and through the woods attempting to "snatch" her strawberries. If you pay close attention to the facial expressions on the characters faces, you get everything. The grey lady is contented at first with her bag of strawberries and rubs her tummy in anticipation of eating them. Then the suspense builds as she becomes aware she's being followed. She evades the snatcher, then is found, then evades again, then is found again. My child sees it as a game of hide and seek. The end is a happy resolution for both.
Rating: 3
Summary: Wordless and scary
Comment: This book tells the story of an old lady's nightmare. One day, she went shopping in a crowded market somewhere in the Middle East (other shoppers included a woman in Middle Eastern clothing on a skateboard). A mysterious stranger saw her buy some strawberries, and began to follow her, in order to steal the strawberries. The stranger followed her into the woods, up a tree, and through a bramble. Fortunately, the bramble had blackberries, which distracted the stranger and allowed the old lady to get home to her family safely. The story is told entirely in pictures, and there are no words in the book. The pictures are very rich with detail, and evoke the dreamlike experiences of the old lady.
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Title: Pancakes for Breakfast by Tomie dePaola ISBN: 0156707683 Publisher: Voyager Books Pub. Date: 03 April, 1978 List Price(USD): $5.00 |
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Title: A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog (Picture Puffins) by Mercer Mayer ISBN: 0140546111 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: July, 1992 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Deep in the Forest (Picture Puffins) by Brinton Turkle ISBN: 0140547452 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: August, 1992 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Clown by Quentin Blake ISBN: 0805043993 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: March, 1996 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Why? by Nikolai Popov ISBN: 1558589961 Publisher: North South Books Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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