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Skunk on a String (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781771471312)
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xThe highly anticipated wordless picture book from debut author and collage artist Thao Lam "Wordless... colorful... hilarious."
Kirkus, STARRED REVIEW In Skunk on a String, we meet a skunk who has been tied to the tail of a balloon. Try as he might, the persistent critter can't get anyone to untie him. In this wordless story, he is shooed and swatted through a bustling parade, past the windowpanes of the city's apartment buildings with their diverse, busy inhabitants, then up to the construction cranes high above the city. He floats through the zoo, into traffic, under water, and eventually lands atop a Ferris wheel. When he finally unties himself, the skunk misses the aerial life -- so he comes up with an inspired way to fly again. Paper collage art in whimsical colors and patterns -- polka dots, gingham, and florals --creates a playful dynamic and brilliantly captures details of urban life, from the legs of a crowd to window boxes, spilled ice cream, and clothing flapping on clotheslines. This heartwarming, highly visual adventure takes a new vantage point on the ordinary and shows the skunk expanding his horizons, overcoming adversity, and, eventually, helping himself.
Author: Thao Lam
ISBN-10: 177147131X
ISBN-13: 9781771471312
Publisher: Owlkids
Language: English
Published: 03/15/2016
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.70h x 10.70w x 0.50d
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2015
Publishers Weekly 12/21/2015
Booklist 02/01/2016 pg. 54
School Library Journal 06/01/2016
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2017 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Kirkus, STARRED REVIEW In Skunk on a String, we meet a skunk who has been tied to the tail of a balloon. Try as he might, the persistent critter can't get anyone to untie him. In this wordless story, he is shooed and swatted through a bustling parade, past the windowpanes of the city's apartment buildings with their diverse, busy inhabitants, then up to the construction cranes high above the city. He floats through the zoo, into traffic, under water, and eventually lands atop a Ferris wheel. When he finally unties himself, the skunk misses the aerial life -- so he comes up with an inspired way to fly again. Paper collage art in whimsical colors and patterns -- polka dots, gingham, and florals --creates a playful dynamic and brilliantly captures details of urban life, from the legs of a crowd to window boxes, spilled ice cream, and clothing flapping on clotheslines. This heartwarming, highly visual adventure takes a new vantage point on the ordinary and shows the skunk expanding his horizons, overcoming adversity, and, eventually, helping himself.
Author: Thao Lam
ISBN-10: 177147131X
ISBN-13: 9781771471312
Publisher: Owlkids
Language: English
Published: 03/15/2016
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.70h x 10.70w x 0.50d
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2015
Publishers Weekly 12/21/2015
Booklist 02/01/2016 pg. 54
School Library Journal 06/01/2016
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2017 - Recommended, Satisfactory
By Thao Lam
xThao Lam studied illustration at Sheridan College in Toronto and works as an art buyer for an education publishing company. She has an insatiable love of colored and textured papers, which she uses to create her exuberant collages. She draws inspiration from the stories she hears, from the beauty in everyday things, and from the work of the many illustrators she admires. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.
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