Strapúšik

by Khoa Le

(Polish) Niezwykła historia

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Fiction, Asian Literature

28 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2015

About the author

Khoa Le is an illustrator, author, and painter based in HCMC, Vietnam. Khoa has won awards and accolades for books published in her home country and around the world.
Her inspiration stems from her own tales, dreams, and imagination. She has a passion for travel, an eagerness to learn about different cultures, and a desire to discover the beauty of the world, of which she finds immensely inspiring.
Khoa works and lives with her cats.

Reviews

[Abigail · Rating 3 out of 5]

Harry's reluctance to get a haircut leads to trouble in this cautionary tale from Vietnamese author/artist Khoa Le, as a pair of doves, mistaking his untidy head for a likely home, take up residence there and build a nest. Soon the doves have a family, and Harry finds himself exiled from singing class when his avian companions' noise gets to be too much for his teacher. When a tree begins to grow out of a seed in the doves' nest, and a whole flock of birds take up residence, the young boy has finally had enough, appealing to his mother, who finds the best solution for him, and for the tree.

Originally published in Switzerland as Noé l'ébouriffé, and translated into English by the San Rafael-based publisher Insight Editions, this appealing little confection of a picture-book reminded me a bit of David Small's classic, Imogene's Antlers , which also featured a child protagonist with something unexpected growing out of their head. Of course, in Harry's case the nest and tree are the result of his own refusal to groom properly, making The Boy With the Big Hair more of a didactic cautionary tale than Small's book. I enjoyed Khoa Le's story here, but it was her artwork that really appealed to me, with its vivid but subtle color palette, its cute (but not too cute) cartoon-style characters, and its general feeling of magic. My only complaint, and I felt the same way about Le's The Cloud Princess - the only other story I have read from this talented author/artist - was with the use of a holographic lenticular cover, which added very little in my opinion. Leaving that aside, this was a sweet story, one with gorgeous artwork, that I would recommend to anyone looking for tales about children who are reluctant to brush their hair and/or get haircuts, as well as to anyone who admires Khoa Le's artwork.

[Lisa Mcbroom · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beautiful illustrations of whimsy are in this story of Harry who hates to brush his hair. When a nest of beautiful birds followed by a tree nest in Harry'hair , he heeds his mother's advice and gets a haircut.

[Juliette · Rating 5 out of 5]

Estuvo muy divertido, me dio mucha risa algunas partes.

[Veronika Pizano · Rating 2 out of 5]

Veľmi pekne ilustrované, ale ako decko som nemala rada strašenie, že ak zjem kôstky z čerešne, začne mi rásť v bruchu strom. Tomuto dieťaťu rastie strom na hlave!, lebo sa nečeše. Čiže moje antipatie sú v tomto prípade podmienené detskou traumou :)

[Soobie has fog in her brain · Rating 3 out of 5]

Comprato sempre per i disegni di Khoa Le.

La storia, questa volta, parla di un bambino che non voleva tagliarsi i capelli. Come negli altri libri dell'autrice, ciò viene portato all'estremo: sul cucuzzolo di Capellone cresce un albero e due colombe decidono di farci il nido sopra. Ovvio che poi il bambino non è contento.

Certo, quando si dice che Capellone viene mandato fuori dalla classe perché i suoi uccelli non son capaci di cantare in coro con gli altri bambini... Lì mi son sbellicata.

[Ryan Clark · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this story! A little boy has wild and crazy long hair, which soon becomes home to a birds nest, and then a tree filled with several birds who sing all day! He has his mother take out the tree and cut his hair, and they plant the tree in their garden where the birds can live happily. So cute. Especially for all those little boys with amazing, long, wild hair. (Keep it till the birds show up, kids!)

[Dimity Powell · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a completely weird premise, having a tree grown in your head of unruly unkempt hair and then having a pair of birds take up residence but the absolutely adorable illustrations of Le's are hard to ignore and encourage readers to bare with Hairy Harry, the boy with big hair, all the way to the end.

Quirky as it is, this is a visually captivating cautionary tale that may convince scissor-shy youngsters that getting their hair cut is definitely not the end of the world.

[Jaden Burdick · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a very interesting book and I think this would be a really fun book to read in the classroom. This is about a little boy who had some crazy hair and would not let anyone touch it. Then it began to collect birds, growing into a tree, and have a bunch of other things on it. He got really upset with his hair that he finally let his mom cut it. I think this book was really cute and it had some pretty good illustrations. the color scheme was a little dark, but this was still a good book.

[Seema Rao · Rating 2 out of 5]

A gimmicky book about getting unruly hair cut.

[skcocnaH · Rating 2 out of 5]

The cover of this book is kinda 3D and dope. The story was a little too nonsensical for us though.

[Biblioteca Lardero]

Tony no quiere peinarse, no le gusta que nadie le toque la cabeza. Su pelo está tan enredado que dos pajarillos deciden hacer su nido en él. Y cuando los pájaros comienzan a cantar y crecen sus primeros polluelos, empiezan los problemas para Tony... Este maravilloso cuento, escrito e ilustrado por la artista vietnamita Khoa Le y presentado en un cómodo formato y con una excepcional cubierta plastificada en 3-D, hará las delicias de niños y mayores.

[madziar · Rating 3 out of 5]

Piękne ilustracje, prosta poetycka historia, nawiązująca do bajki Koji Yamamura: mały chłopiec nie lubi grzebienia, na głowie wyrasta mu taki gąszcz, że zamieszkują w nim ptaki a jakiś czas później wyrasta drzewo.

[Irais Elvira · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me gusta mucho la simpleza con la que está escrito, me encantaron los dibujos.
Cuento corto pero el mensaje si lo entiende una niña de 2 años.
El único detalle es el formato, no es fácil para leerlo antes de dormir.

[Valeria Irais]

Me gustan los dibujos grandes pero es incómodo para leer en la noche

[Jj · Rating 2 out of 5]

The lenticular cover gives me a headache. SERIOUSLY, now, publishers: why add a gimmicky cover? It is both unnecessary and unwanted.

[Trevor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Khoa Lee's books are amazing. It's as simple as that. Art gallery-worthy illustrations, paired with wholly unique storytelling.

[Michelle Gray · Rating 3 out of 5]

Themes: hair, birds

[Pinky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Take care of your hair or a birds nest might grow there.

[LtLEGOReads · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a book to read to your children before their first, major hair cut!

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

The lenticular cover kind of gives me a headache, but the inside illustrations completely make this book.

[Ema.Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nesmierne krásna kniha tak isto ako jej obal. Ilustrácie sú Prenádherné! Učarovala dievčatám ako aj rodičom. Určite odporúčam. Aj od 2rokov kľudne.