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The Boy #2
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Once there was a boy and one day he found a penguin at his door ...
A story about the meaning of loneliness and the importance of friendship.
When a penguin arrives on a boy's doorstep, he decides it must be lost and he tries to return him home to the South Pole.
A story about the meaning of loneliness and the importance of friendship.
When a penguin arrives on a boy's doorstep, he decides it must be lost and he tries to return him home to the South Pole.
32 pages, Paperback
First published September 5, 2005
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About the author
Oliver Jeffers
97 books2,755 followersOliver Jeffers' work takes many forms. His distinctive paintings have been exhibited in galleries worldwide, and HarperCollins UK and Penguin USA publish his award-winning picture books, now translated into over 30 languages.
In 2007, Jeffers was the official illustrator for World Book Day, and in 2008 Lost and Found became Oliver's first book to made into animation by London-based Studio AKA.
Jeffers won a NY Emmy in 2010 for his collaborative work with the artist and director Mac Premo, and in 2013 Jeffers co-directed the video for U2's Ordinary Love with Premo. Originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, Jeffers now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
In 2007, Jeffers was the official illustrator for World Book Day, and in 2008 Lost and Found became Oliver's first book to made into animation by London-based Studio AKA.
Jeffers won a NY Emmy in 2010 for his collaborative work with the artist and director Mac Premo, and in 2013 Jeffers co-directed the video for U2's Ordinary Love with Premo. Originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, Jeffers now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
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February 14, 2022
یک داستان مصور کودک که یاد میده قبل از اینکه به کسی کمک کنی اول بپرسی مشکل واقعیش چیه و پیش قضاوت نداشته باشی و کاری رو سرخود انجام ندی.
August 16, 2023
يبدو أن لدي مزاج رائق اليوم ، لم أستطع أن اكتفي بقصة واحدة فإذ بي اقرأ أخرى...🤪 إنني الوذ بالفرار إلى عالم الصغار لعلني أنسى إنني أنتمي لعالم البالغين...
The boy reliezed he had made a big mistake, the penguin hadn't been lost. It had just been lonely....
بمكان ما من قلبي أصبحت هذه القصة عالقة به...❤
The boy reliezed he had made a big mistake, the penguin hadn't been lost. It had just been lonely....
بمكان ما من قلبي أصبحت هذه القصة عالقة به...❤
March 8, 2024
خیلی گوگولی بود نقاشیاش!!
میخواستم ماچش کنم.
تراپی خیلی خوبی بود.
مرسی از معرفش.
میخواستم ماچش کنم.
تراپی خیلی خوبی بود.
مرسی از معرفش.
October 11, 2024
این کتاب رو یکی دو هفته پیش سر پا توی کتابفروشی با خواهرم خوندیم - درستترش اینکه من با صدای بلند متن انگلیسیش رو خوندم و خواهرم رو مجبور کردم که بشنوه؛ هر وقت هم اومد از دستم فرار کنه یدونه زدم تو سرش که وایسه و درس زندگیش رو بگیره. قشنگ بود. فقط کاش اونی که ایده چاپ متن انگلیسی در کنار ترجمهش رو داده بود، یه فکری به حال ویرستاریش هم میکرد که توش انقدر غلط املایی پیدا نمیشد.
September 25, 2012
The penguin is so adorable and the illustrations (which at first didn’t appeal to me all that much, except for the penguin) grew on me. I especially liked the wild sea picture with the huge wave and the lightning, and the whimsical one when first seeing the South Pole.
The story is a cute one about friendship, and the reader/listener will learn a little bit about real penguins too, even though the story itself is a fantasy. I love how concerned the boy is for the penguin’s welfare and does the research he does in order to help the penguin.
I got a kick out of the author bio on the inside back cover, complete with the author as a little boy, making a funny face. The paragraph about how this story came to be is amusing and told in a way that had me smiling.
3 ½ stars
The story is a cute one about friendship, and the reader/listener will learn a little bit about real penguins too, even though the story itself is a fantasy. I love how concerned the boy is for the penguin’s welfare and does the research he does in order to help the penguin.
I got a kick out of the author bio on the inside back cover, complete with the author as a little boy, making a funny face. The paragraph about how this story came to be is amusing and told in a way that had me smiling.
3 ½ stars
August 10, 2021
خیلی خیلی خیلی نازه.. اینکه خیلی وقتا به زعم خودمون میخوایم به دیگران کمک کنیم اما اصلا ازشون نمیپرسیم مشکلشون چیه. قطعا بقیهی کتابهای این مجموعه رو هم میخونم
October 18, 2024
پسرک با پنگوئنی مواجه میشه که انگار گم شده. حالا چجوری بهش کمک کنه تا پیدا شه؟
در واقع میخواد بگه قدرت ذهنخوانی نداریم. با حدس و گمان اقدام نکنیم تا بهش یاری برسونیم. اونم سر تصورات ذهنیمون نه واقعیت ماجرا. تو باید از ظاهر قضاوت نکنی و نسخه بپیچی. باید وارد عمق شی. بذاری خودش دهن باز کنه که چی میخواد. برای خوشحالی کسی، اول از خودش پرس و جو کن وگرنه حکایت داستان کوتاهی* میشه که قبلا خونده بودم.
*The Gift of the Magi
پ.ن: با تشکر از پیشنهادات یه لقمهایت.
در واقع میخواد بگه قدرت ذهنخوانی نداریم. با حدس و گمان اقدام نکنیم تا بهش یاری برسونیم. اونم سر تصورات ذهنیمون نه واقعیت ماجرا. تو باید از ظاهر قضاوت نکنی و نسخه بپیچی. باید وارد عمق شی. بذاری خودش دهن باز کنه که چی میخواد. برای خوشحالی کسی، اول از خودش پرس و جو کن وگرنه حکایت داستان کوتاهی* میشه که قبلا خونده بودم.
*The Gift of the Magi
پ.ن: با تشکر از پیشنهادات یه لقمهایت.
March 31, 2024
در باب در-وطن-خویش-غریب بودن
در باب مهاجرت-کن-و-بذار-مهاجرت-کنن
در باب خب-تو-بمون-ولی-بذار-مهاجرت کنن
در باب وقتی-ازت-کمک-نخواستم-زورکی-کمکم-نکن-به-جاش-بغلم-کن
در باب مهاجرت-کن-و-بذار-مهاجرت-کنن
در باب خب-تو-بمون-ولی-بذار-مهاجرت کنن
در باب وقتی-ازت-کمک-نخواستم-زورکی-کمکم-نکن-به-جاش-بغلم-کن
December 27, 2023
I just can't resist a book with a penguin in it. And thank goodness I didn't resist this one. It is super.
It is a simple story about a boy and a penguin but the feelings it arouses are many; there is pathos aplenty, a fear of being alone, wonderment, disappointment, determination and above all happiness and friendship.
The boy in the story, unnamed, finds a penguin on his doorstep and wonders where he comes from. The penguin, meanwhile, stands there looking all very sad. The boy thinks the penguin must be lost so he visits the Lost and Found Office but meets with no joy. He even tries asking the birds if they know anything about the penguin, but, perhaps not surprisingly, they ignore his question. The boy also asks his pet toy duck when he gets in the bath that night but the duck, too, doesn't respond and simply floats away.
When he goest to bed the boy frets because he wants to help the penguin but he doesn't know how to do so. The next morning he is determined and he finds out that penguins are from the South Pole. He wonders how to get there and return the penguin to his surroundings. In an effort to do so
he goes down to the harbour and asks a big ship to take them to the South Pole but the ship is about to depart and does not hear the boy over the sound of the ship's horn.
So the boy decides that he and the penguin will row to the South Pole. He takes his rowing boat out of the cupboard, tests it for size and strength and packs everything that the pair will need for the journey. Then together they push the rowing boat out to sea (and one of the most gorgeous and touching illustrations in the book is of the two of them doing so).
They row south and to keep the penguin's spirits up the boy tells stories all the time. They battle on through good and bad weather and eventually reach the South Pole where there is a sign 'Welcome to the South Pole'! The boy is delighted but the penguin, who had been happy throughout the journey suddenly becomes sad again as the boy helps him out of the boat.
Once the penguin is on terra firma, complete with the boy's umbrella, the boy rows away but he looks back and notices that the penguin looks sadder than ever. He feels strange to be on his own and the more he thinks about it the more he realises that he is making a big mistake and that the penguin is not lost, he is simply lonely.
The boy makes a decision and turns round and rows back towards the South Pole but when he gets there the penguin is nowhere in sight, even as he looks around the landscape with his telescope. Eventually he has to give up and starts rowing home, sad but unable to communicate his feelings to anyone for there is only the sound of the wind and the waves.
Then suddenly he espies something in the distance and as he gets closer he realises that it is the penguin who is rowing away in his umbrella! He is so thrilled that when he reaches the penguin the pair embrace and realise that they are friends forever.
A great little story, beautifully illustrated.
It is a simple story about a boy and a penguin but the feelings it arouses are many; there is pathos aplenty, a fear of being alone, wonderment, disappointment, determination and above all happiness and friendship.
The boy in the story, unnamed, finds a penguin on his doorstep and wonders where he comes from. The penguin, meanwhile, stands there looking all very sad. The boy thinks the penguin must be lost so he visits the Lost and Found Office but meets with no joy. He even tries asking the birds if they know anything about the penguin, but, perhaps not surprisingly, they ignore his question. The boy also asks his pet toy duck when he gets in the bath that night but the duck, too, doesn't respond and simply floats away.
When he goest to bed the boy frets because he wants to help the penguin but he doesn't know how to do so. The next morning he is determined and he finds out that penguins are from the South Pole. He wonders how to get there and return the penguin to his surroundings. In an effort to do so
he goes down to the harbour and asks a big ship to take them to the South Pole but the ship is about to depart and does not hear the boy over the sound of the ship's horn.
So the boy decides that he and the penguin will row to the South Pole. He takes his rowing boat out of the cupboard, tests it for size and strength and packs everything that the pair will need for the journey. Then together they push the rowing boat out to sea (and one of the most gorgeous and touching illustrations in the book is of the two of them doing so).
They row south and to keep the penguin's spirits up the boy tells stories all the time. They battle on through good and bad weather and eventually reach the South Pole where there is a sign 'Welcome to the South Pole'! The boy is delighted but the penguin, who had been happy throughout the journey suddenly becomes sad again as the boy helps him out of the boat.
Once the penguin is on terra firma, complete with the boy's umbrella, the boy rows away but he looks back and notices that the penguin looks sadder than ever. He feels strange to be on his own and the more he thinks about it the more he realises that he is making a big mistake and that the penguin is not lost, he is simply lonely.
The boy makes a decision and turns round and rows back towards the South Pole but when he gets there the penguin is nowhere in sight, even as he looks around the landscape with his telescope. Eventually he has to give up and starts rowing home, sad but unable to communicate his feelings to anyone for there is only the sound of the wind and the waves.
Then suddenly he espies something in the distance and as he gets closer he realises that it is the penguin who is rowing away in his umbrella! He is so thrilled that when he reaches the penguin the pair embrace and realise that they are friends forever.
A great little story, beautifully illustrated.
March 10, 2007
Someone will come and get you when you need them most.
October 27, 2021
داستان پسری است که یک روز جلوی در خانهاش یک پنگوئن میبیند. پنگوئن همه جا دنبال پسر راه میافتد و غمگین به نظر میرسد. پسر قصه هم تلاش میکند تا بفهمد او از کجا آمده تا بتواند او را (که حتما گم شده و برای همین غمگین است) به خانهاش برگرداند. دفتر امور گمشدهها، پرندههای دیگر، اردک حمامش و همه وهمه... هیچ کس جوابی برای این سوال ندارد که پنگوئن از کجا آمده. پس خودش دست به کار میشود، تحقیق میکند و قایقی میسازد تا پنگوئن را به خانه بازگرداند. پنگوئن و پسر سفری دریایی را آغاز میکنند و پایان سفر پرمخاطره و پرماجرایشان به قطب جنوب میرسند. پسر پنگوئن را پیاده میکند و خوشحال باز میگردد. اما هرچه به چهره پنگوئن در لحظات خداحافظی فکر میکند میبیند او از همیشه غمگینتر بود. فکر میکند و فکر میکند و فکرمیکند ... تا اینکه ... متوجه میشود چه اشتباهی کردهاست! دور میزند و برمیگردد به قطب جنوب و پنگوئن را پیدا میکند: پنگوئن گم نشدهبود، فقط تنها بود و دوست لازم داشت
پسر و پنگوئن با هم به خانه برمیگردند
پسر و پنگوئن با هم به خانه برمیگردند
June 1, 2025
منی که تو مسیر شرکت نشستم دارم داستان کودک میخونم:
June 1, 2025
در فرندز یکجا وقتی راس میبیند برای نوزاد چندماههای نمایش عروسکی برگزار شده میپرسد آیا او اصلا چیزی از اینها میفهمد؟ ننی توضیحات میدهد که کودک صرفا قرار است از رنگ و اصوات درک داشته باشد و کاراکترها برای سرگرمی خودمان است (ما آدم بزرگها).
پیش از ادامه باید بگویم از طرفی در ادبیات کودک ذهن فقیری دارم و از طرف دیگر نمیدانم این کتاب برای چه ردهٔ سنیای مناسب است و اینکه اصلا این ردهٔ سنی چه مقدار درک و فهم دارد؛
آمّا
احساس میکنم برخی نویسندگان ادبیات کاری مشابه آن ننی میکنند. یعنی نکاتی میآورند که ممکن است کودک سادهدلانه باور کند و بزرگسال را به لبخند وادارد.
مثلا در جایی میگوید
«از چند پرنده پرسید که آیا میدانند خانهٔ پنگوئن کجا ست؟
اما آنها توجهی به او نکردند.
خب بعضی از پرندهها اینجوریاند دیگر!»
داستان در یک جهان نیمهرئالیستی میگذرد، اما آنقدر رئالیستی هست که پرندههایش اصلا حرف نزنند، اما کنایهٔ نویسنده جوری است که انگار نمیخواهند حرف بزنند (مثل ناباکوف که میگفت در داستان مسخ گرگور بال دارد اما هرگز پرواز نمیکند).
نویسنده تلاش میکند از زاویهدید کودکان به موضوعات بنگرد اما اینجا و آنجا از طریق چنین شوخیهایی فاصلهگذاری میکند که حواستان باشد! من واقعا کودک نیستم. دارم ادایش را درمیآورم.
نقاشیهای کتاب حسرت در-آغوش-نگرفتن کاراکترهایش را تا ابد به دلتان میگذارد.
پیش از ادامه باید بگویم از طرفی در ادبیات کودک ذهن فقیری دارم و از طرف دیگر نمیدانم این کتاب برای چه ردهٔ سنیای مناسب است و اینکه اصلا این ردهٔ سنی چه مقدار درک و فهم دارد؛
آمّا
احساس میکنم برخی نویسندگان ادبیات کاری مشابه آن ننی میکنند. یعنی نکاتی میآورند که ممکن است کودک سادهدلانه باور کند و بزرگسال را به لبخند وادارد.
مثلا در جایی میگوید
«از چند پرنده پرسید که آیا میدانند خانهٔ پنگوئن کجا ست؟
اما آنها توجهی به او نکردند.
خب بعضی از پرندهها اینجوریاند دیگر!»
داستان در یک جهان نیمهرئالیستی میگذرد، اما آنقدر رئالیستی هست که پرندههایش اصلا حرف نزنند، اما کنایهٔ نویسنده جوری است که انگار نمیخواهند حرف بزنند (مثل ناباکوف که میگفت در داستان مسخ گرگور بال دارد اما هرگز پرواز نمیکند).
نویسنده تلاش میکند از زاویهدید کودکان به موضوعات بنگرد اما اینجا و آنجا از طریق چنین شوخیهایی فاصلهگذاری میکند که حواستان باشد! من واقعا کودک نیستم. دارم ادایش را درمیآورم.
نقاشیهای کتاب حسرت در-آغوش-نگرفتن کاراکترهایش را تا ابد به دلتان میگذارد.
October 16, 2024
در مقایسه با دوتا داستان قبلی، این یکی چیز خاصی نداشت برام. به نظرم دوستی جالبی نبود.
حرف زدن و قصه گفتن یه طرفه پسره زیادی آشنا بود 😓.
بازم عنصر دریا تکرار شد.
حرف زدن و قصه گفتن یه طرفه پسره زیادی آشنا بود 😓.
بازم عنصر دریا تکرار شد.
May 28, 2017
Đọc cọp vào một buổi sáng bất ngờ được nghỉ, cùng với mấy con cá qua cắm rễ bên Nhã Nam.
Cuốn sách này thật vừa vặn cho những cô bé, cậu bé đáng yêu, bởi vì nét vẽ cũng đáng yêu như những đứa trẻ vậy. Đến giờ mới biết Nhã Nam cũng có nhiều sách thiếu nhi cưng yêu như vậy. Mình sẽ siêng đọc hơn để trẻ hoá tâm hồn ra ahihi :">
Cuốn sách này thật vừa vặn cho những cô bé, cậu bé đáng yêu, bởi vì nét vẽ cũng đáng yêu như những đứa trẻ vậy. Đến giờ mới biết Nhã Nam cũng có nhiều sách thiếu nhi cưng yêu như vậy. Mình sẽ siêng đọc hơn để trẻ hoá tâm hồn ra ahihi :">
November 5, 2019
"Once there was a boy who found a penguin at his door..." So begins this sweet, heartwarming tale, the second of four to feature the aforementioned boy and his adventures. Determining that his penguin visitor is lost, the boy sets out to return him to his home in the South Pole. After a long voyage, one featuring plenty of stories and good fellowship, the two arrive at their destination. But although he has reached his goal, the boy isn't happy...
Like its predecessor, How to Catch a Star , Lost and Found features an engaging young protagonist who longs for something - in that earlier book, it was a star, here it is to make his penguin friend happy - and finds it in an unexpected way. Like Shaun Tan's marvelous The Lost Thing , Jeffers' Lost and Found was made into a short animated film in 2008, and after reading the picture-book, I'd definitely like to track down and watch the movie. This is one I'd recommend to those looking for children's stories about friendship - the loneliness its absence creates, and the unexpected ways one finds and creates it - as well as to anyone who read and enjoyed the earlier story about this boy-character and his life.
Like its predecessor, How to Catch a Star , Lost and Found features an engaging young protagonist who longs for something - in that earlier book, it was a star, here it is to make his penguin friend happy - and finds it in an unexpected way. Like Shaun Tan's marvelous The Lost Thing , Jeffers' Lost and Found was made into a short animated film in 2008, and after reading the picture-book, I'd definitely like to track down and watch the movie. This is one I'd recommend to those looking for children's stories about friendship - the loneliness its absence creates, and the unexpected ways one finds and creates it - as well as to anyone who read and enjoyed the earlier story about this boy-character and his life.
October 3, 2022
FULL OF CUTE PAINTINGS.
February 16, 2013
This is the sweetest book. I would say this is a perfect book with many good lessons about friendship for young children. I also think this is a great books for anyone (teens, young adults and older). It has lovely illustrations. A true delight.
The premise is that a boy opens his door to find a penguin. He works to find out whether the penguin is lost, and to where should he be returned. Ultimately boy and penguin travel to the South pole. Boy leaves penguin on ice floe only to realize that the penguin was not lost, he was just lonely. Boy and penguin are reunited, leaving them and the reader happily ever after.
The premise is that a boy opens his door to find a penguin. He works to find out whether the penguin is lost, and to where should he be returned. Ultimately boy and penguin travel to the South pole. Boy leaves penguin on ice floe only to realize that the penguin was not lost, he was just lonely. Boy and penguin are reunited, leaving them and the reader happily ever after.
January 17, 2018
This book conveys the importance of friendship, through exploring the themes of sympathy, loneliness and teamwork. It is ideal for reading aloud to children in Key Stage One and can be used as the starting point to a discussion about friendship.
February 22, 2009
3.5 STARS The penguin is so cute! A nice story about friendship.
June 24, 2020
Cute and heartwarming story as expected from Oliver Jeffer.
February 18, 2023
A funny, but good story about being lonely. I really enjoyed listening to this story. Great drawings.
October 17, 2022
Simple writing✔️and a nice story💫 that I really enjoyed reading. I'll continue to read the whole series🙏🏻
January 18, 2023
عنوان فارسی: پنگوئنی که گم شده بود
نویسنده و تصویرگر: اولیور جفرز
مترجم: طاهره آدینهپور
انتشارات هندونه
روزی پسری، پنگوئنی را پشت در پیدا کرد. پسر نمیدانست که پنگوئن از کجا آمده اما هرجا که میرفت، پنگوئن هم دنبالش میآمد. پنگوئن غمگین بهنظر میرسید. پسر فکر کرد: 《حتما پنگوئن گم شده است.》
نویسنده و تصویرگر: اولیور جفرز
مترجم: طاهره آدینهپور
انتشارات هندونه
روزی پسری، پنگوئنی را پشت در پیدا کرد. پسر نمیدانست که پنگوئن از کجا آمده اما هرجا که میرفت، پنگوئن هم دنبالش میآمد. پنگوئن غمگین بهنظر میرسید. پسر فکر کرد: 《حتما پنگوئن گم شده است.》
July 15, 2025
Acayip tatlı çizimleri ya.
October 6, 2011
Lost and Found is a fantastic picture book written by Oliver Jeffers. It won Blue Peter Book of the Year in 2006, which immediately indicates its appeal to children. It tells the story of a little boy who one day finds a penguin and doesn't know where it came from. The penguin follows him around everywhere and determined to help him, the little boy finds out that the penguin lives in the South Pole and sets off in his rowing boat to leave him home. When they reach the South Pole, the little boy leaves the penguin off and begins to row home. But he notices something strange, the further he goes, the sadder the penguin becomes. The little boy is very confused about this but then it suddenly hits him! The penguin wasn't lost, he was lonely! He frantically tries to make his way back to the penguin and when they finally meet each other, they sail back to the little boys house, chatting happily as they go.
This would be a brilliant book to use in a PSHE lesson on friendship and togetherness. The illustrations are beautifully drawn and would capture the attention of every child in a class. Suitable for reception or year one classes it is certainly something i would love to use in my own class.
This would be a brilliant book to use in a PSHE lesson on friendship and togetherness. The illustrations are beautifully drawn and would capture the attention of every child in a class. Suitable for reception or year one classes it is certainly something i would love to use in my own class.
November 13, 2016
Es un libro muy bueno para niños, me gusta especialmente el formato y las ilustraciones, una sensación un poco triste en ocasiones, pero es un libro muy muy bueno!
November 12, 2018
Todos necesitamos que nos encuentre un niño. O un pingüino.
February 24, 2018
I really liked this book. I first thought was going to be about a boy who had lost his penguin and was going on an adventure to find him however it contains a far deeper message – a message on companionship. It depicts a boy attempting to help a penguin, who turned up at his door one day, who he realises is sad and thinks this is due to him being lost. So, they boy goes on a journey to help the penguin find its way home. He goes to a number of places to find the penguins home to no avail. Suddenly he realises penguins come from the South Pole so he continues his journey there. After leaving the penguin at the South Pole, who is still sad, the boy suddenly realises the penguin was not lost he was just lonely. This message is key to young readers, a message on companionship and that sometimes all someone needs is a bit of company or a friend to play with.
The illustrations in this book are all bright and draw the eye. The front cover depicts a penguin and a boy standing in a rowing boat. The boy is depicted as slightly higher than the penguin portraying that maybe he has more power and status than the penguin. Neither character is looking directly at the reader however due to the single page bleed this still allows readers to feel that they are included in this story and going on the adventure with the characters. The boy is looking to the right, suggesting he is going on an adventure, whereas the penguin is looking to the left which could suggest he does not want to go on an adventure and that he has further motives than simply going on an adventure. A message that is later explored in the book. The boat is situated in the middle of the page which draws the eye and is what readers first look at. In the background a horizon is seen which could suggest adventure and creativity.
One of the single spread pages in the book, p.23, adds a bit of humour to the story. It depicts an iceberg in the middle of the page, so what draws the eye, with the boy rowing in his row boat on the recto side of the iceberg and the penguin paddling in an umbrella on the verso hand side of the iceberg. This adds humour due to the boy attempting to row to the penguin and the penguin paddling to find the boy however due to the iceberg both are going in opposite directions. This is a single page bleed with the reader looking down on the characters which could suggest a lack of power for both characters or that they are weakened in some sense. The cool blue background portrays the coolness of the water and the differing shades depicts depth and realism. The text is written in black font situated at the top of the page, which is both easy to see and read.
The illustrations in this book are all bright and draw the eye. The front cover depicts a penguin and a boy standing in a rowing boat. The boy is depicted as slightly higher than the penguin portraying that maybe he has more power and status than the penguin. Neither character is looking directly at the reader however due to the single page bleed this still allows readers to feel that they are included in this story and going on the adventure with the characters. The boy is looking to the right, suggesting he is going on an adventure, whereas the penguin is looking to the left which could suggest he does not want to go on an adventure and that he has further motives than simply going on an adventure. A message that is later explored in the book. The boat is situated in the middle of the page which draws the eye and is what readers first look at. In the background a horizon is seen which could suggest adventure and creativity.
One of the single spread pages in the book, p.23, adds a bit of humour to the story. It depicts an iceberg in the middle of the page, so what draws the eye, with the boy rowing in his row boat on the recto side of the iceberg and the penguin paddling in an umbrella on the verso hand side of the iceberg. This adds humour due to the boy attempting to row to the penguin and the penguin paddling to find the boy however due to the iceberg both are going in opposite directions. This is a single page bleed with the reader looking down on the characters which could suggest a lack of power for both characters or that they are weakened in some sense. The cool blue background portrays the coolness of the water and the differing shades depicts depth and realism. The text is written in black font situated at the top of the page, which is both easy to see and read.
April 14, 2022
There once was a boy who had a huge heart. When the boy discovers that something isn’t right, he feels that he knows what the right/correct solution is but he doesn’t know how to get it done. He searches and asks for answers and when he feels he knows the process, he takes the initiative to try to make everything right. It’s a huge undertaking but this caring boy is determined and selfless as he carries out this responsibility.
It's only when everything is correct, when this task is finally completed, that the boy realizes that perhaps he made a mistake. For it was while he was completing this task that something else was also occurring, something he wasn’t aware of until now. Perhaps his right/correct solution wasn’t the answer. Perhaps the answer is something entirely different. Can he remedy the situation now or is it too late?
Holy moly Oliver Jeffers, can you make this boy any sweeter? This boy has such a huge heart and the adventure that he takes to make things right was quite the ride. With illustrations that pulled me deeper into the story, my heart was bursting after I read this book. 5 stars!!
It's only when everything is correct, when this task is finally completed, that the boy realizes that perhaps he made a mistake. For it was while he was completing this task that something else was also occurring, something he wasn’t aware of until now. Perhaps his right/correct solution wasn’t the answer. Perhaps the answer is something entirely different. Can he remedy the situation now or is it too late?
Holy moly Oliver Jeffers, can you make this boy any sweeter? This boy has such a huge heart and the adventure that he takes to make things right was quite the ride. With illustrations that pulled me deeper into the story, my heart was bursting after I read this book. 5 stars!!
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