News & Suzy Lee's travel sketches, drawings, photographs and writings.

 


*
suzyleebooks   home Thursday, 13-01-17 ( 17338hit )
00455855901_20130105.jpg (127.5 KB), Download : 122
OTLB book trailer & reviews


OPEN THIS LITTLE BOOK book trailer





Kirkus Reviews

«¡°You really can't judge a book by its cover!

Follow the instructions of the title and find...another, smaller cover, in purple, with a frog and a rabbit both engrossed in their reading. Open that cover, and there's a red one (with black dots) about a ladybug, then a green one about a frog, an orange one about a rabbit, a yellow (with honeycombs) about a bear, each progressively smaller, and finally, a tiny blue one, which really contains a story. It's about a giant, the ladybug, the rabbit, the frog and the bear, dedicated readers all, who form a friendship based on their love of reading. Meantime, the outer edges of the books that were opened on the way form a pretty, square rainbow. (Each cover features a different typeface and background design.) Getting to the end of the story means passing back through all the previous page sizes and colors. On the final red page, the ladybug closes her book, and then ¡°[y]ou close this little red book¡¦.¡± But of course, then readers are urged to "open another!" And the illustration on the real last page features a tall bookcase with all the animals around it reading, as well as the giant's hand, other tiny creatures and a couple of engrossed children. The sleek text and endlessly inventive design register strongly by showing rather than just telling.


A delightful and timely homage to reading and, more, to books themselves.
¡± –Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review



________________________________________



Publishers Weekly

¡°Klausmeier¡¯s debut is more conceptual novelty than story. The book opens to reveal a series of nested ¡°books,¡± brightly colored covers that become smaller and smaller as readers work toward the center. ¡°Open this... Little Red Book,¡± it starts, with a red, ladybug-dotted book cover appearing on the right. Turning the page ¡°opens¡± the Little Red Book, which continues, ¡°and read about Ladybug, who opens a... Little Green Book, and reads about Frog, who opens a... Little Orange book,¡± and so on. As the books grow smaller, the readers grow larger, from the studious ladybug to a joyful bear. The last is a giant who dwarfs them all, and whose hands are too big to open her teeny-tiny Rainbow Book—so the others read it for her. Then the books close in succession, and the story ends with another plug for reading. The design and production are striking, and Lee (Wave) contributes idyllic settings and charming,expressive characters, whose interactions quietly make a lovely point: that readers and those they read about can enjoy a relationship that looks a lot like friendship.¡± –Publishers Weekly


-----------------

Shelf Awareness for Readers for Friday, March 1, 2013


Open This Little Book

by Jesse Klausmeier , illus. by Suzy Lee

Books that extoll the virtues of reading often fall flat, but Open This Little Book succeeds on two counts: it is a vivid, dramatic work of art and, upon concluding, it will cause readers to scramble excitedly to open another book.

The title page of first-time author Jesse Klausmeier's text asks readers to "Open This Little Book." Turning the page reveals a "Little Red Book," with a slightly smaller trim size, featuring a Ladybug who, like readers, opens a slightly smaller "Little Green Book," starring a Frog who opens an orange book, etc. The smallest book, "Little Rainbow Book," is 3" x 2", and the Giant featured in the preceding "book" can open it only with the help of her smaller-handed animal friends. At this midway point, the borders of the previous "books" form a rectangular rainbow of bold watercolors that begs readers to pull out crayons and create their own rainbows.

Youngest readers can learn, name and explore colors even if they do not understand the book-within-a-book concept; readers aged five and up will likely take away more, including a sense of imaginative wonder sparked by Suzy Lee's (Wave) masterful work. Her illustrations do not merely enchant; they exemplify what heights picture books can achieve. The power of Lee's artwork lies in the reader's act of turning the page: a simple but oft-underestimated motion that can yield surprise and emotional impact. Each time readers turn a page of Open This Little Book, they are rewarded with another piece of the artistic puzzle.
 
--Allie Jane Bruce, children's librarian, Bank Street College of Education

Discover: A picture book that rewards every page turn with another piece of the artistic puzzle.

Chronicle, $16.99, hardcover, 9780811867832







-----------------

Amazon Best Picture Book for January

_________________________________________________



Children¡¯s Book of the Month Club (CBOMC) ¡°Main Selection¡± for March 2013


------------------------


ÇÑ°Ü·¹ ¼­Æò (2013.01.04)



Ã¥ ¼Ó¿¡ ÀÛÀº Ã¥ 7±Ç¡¦¹«Áö°¹ºû À̾߱⠼ÓÀ¸·Î

ÀÌ ÀÛÀº Ã¥À» ÆîÃĺÁ
Á¦½Ã Ŭ¶ó¿ì½º¸¶ÀÌ¾î ±Û, À̼öÁö ±×¸², ÀÌ»óÈñ ¿Å±è
ºñ·æ¼Ò¡¤1¸¸5000¿ø


¡°ÀÌ ÀÛÀº Ã¥À» ÆîÃĺÁ¡± ÇÏ°í Ã¥ÀÌ ±ÇÇÑ´Ù. ¡°¿Ö³ÄÇϸé ÀÌ ¾È¿¡ ´õ ÀÛÀº Ã¥ÀÌ ÀÏ°ö±ÇÀ̳ª Àְŵ硱 ÇÏ°í ÀÌÀ¯¸¦ ´ë¸é¼­. ÀÌ Àڱ׸¸ ±×¸²Ã¥ ¾È¿¡ ¶Ç Ã¥À̶ó´Ï! Ȥ½Ã ¾î¶² ºñÀ¯Àΰ¡ ½ÍÁö¸¸, ½ÇÁ¦·Î ÀÌ ¾È¿¡´Â Ã¥ ÀÏ°ö±ÇÀÌ ¿À·ÔÀÌ µé¾î ÀÖ´Ù! ¾î¶»°Ô ±×·² ¼ö ÀÖ´ÂÁö´Â Á÷Á¢ ºÁ¾ß ¾Ë ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù.


³»´Â Ã¥¸¶´Ù ¼¼°èÀûÀÎ ÁÖ¸ñÀ» ¹Þ´Â ±×¸²Ã¥ ÀÛ°¡ À̼öÁö¾¾ÀÇ ½ÅÀÛ <ÀÌ ÀÛÀº Ã¥À» ÆîÃĺÁ>´Â »ó´çÈ÷ ½ÇÇèÀûÀÌ´Ù. ºÏ ¾ÆÆ®¸¦ Àü°øÇÑ ÀÛ°¡°¡ ±Û ÀÛ°¡¿Í ÇÔ²² ¡°Ã¥ÀÇ ¿©·¯ °¡Áö ÇüŸ¦ ¼ö¾øÀÌ ½ÃµµÇØ º» ³¡¿¡ ¸¶Ä§³»¡± ¿Ï¼ºÇß´Ù´Â ¼³¸íÀÌ ¾Æ´Ï´õ¶óµµ, ¹Ý¦À̴ âÀǼº°ú ¹¶±ÙÇÑ ¼º½Ç¼ºÀÌ ÇÕÃÄÁø ½ÇÇèÁ¤½ÅÀÌ ¿³º¸ÀδÙ. Ã¥À̶ó´Â ¸Åü¿¡ »õ·Î¿î °æÁö¸¦ ¿­¾î º¸¿´´Ù°í Çصµ Áö³ªÄ¡Áö ¾ÊÀ» µíÇÏ´Ù.

ÀÌ Ã¥Àº ¾ÆÁÖ Àû±ØÀûÀ¸·Î µ¶ÀÚ¸¦ ²ø¾îµéÀδÙ. ¡®ÀÌ ÀÛÀº Ã¥À» ÆîÃĺÁ¡¯¶ó´Â Ç¥ÁöÀÇ ±ÇÀ¯¸¦ µû¶ó°¡¸é, ¶Ç °°Àº ±ÇÀ¯¸¦ º¸¶ó»ö ¼ÓÇ¥Áö¿¡¼­µµ ¸¸³¯ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. ±×·¡¼­ °è¼Ó ÆîÃĺ¸¸é ¡®Á¶±×¸¸ »¡°£ ±×¸²Ã¥¡¯À» ½ÃÀÛÀ¸·Î ÇÏ¿© ÃÊ·Ï ±×¸²Ã¥, ÁÖȲ ±×¸²Ã¥, ³ë¶õ ±×¸²Ã¥, ÆĶõ ±×¸²Ã¥ÀÌ ¿¬´Þ¾Æ ³ª¿Â´Ù. ±×·¸°Ô Çؼ­ ¸¶Ä§³» ¿Ï¼ºµÇ´Â ¡®Á¶±×¸¸ ¹«Áö°¹ºû ±×¸²Ã¥¡¯. ±× Á¶±×¸¸ ¹«Áö°¹ºû ±×¸²Ã¥ ¹Ù±ù, »ç¹æÀ¸·Î ºû±ò °í¿î ¹«Áö°³°¡ ¶á´Ù! À̰͵µ ¼³¸í¸¸À¸·Î´Â ½Ç°¨À» ÇÒ ¼ö°¡ ¾ø´Ù. Á÷Á¢ ºÁ¾ß ¾Ë ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù.


¹«´ç¹ú·¹¡¤°³±¸¸®¡¤Åä³¢¡¤°õ¡¤°ÅÀεéÀÌ Àд À̾߱Ⱑ Â÷·Ê·Î ²¿¸®¸¦ ¹«´Â °¡¿îµ¥ ÀÌ ÀÛÀº Ã¥µéÀº ÆîÃÄÁö°í µ¤¾îÁø´Ù. ¹«´ç¹ú·¹´Â °³±¸¸®ÀÇ À̾߱⸦, °³±¸¸®´Â Åä³¢ÀÇ À̾߱⸦, Åä³¢´Â °õÀÇ À̾߱⸦, °õÀº °ÅÀÎÀÇ À̾߱⸦ Àд´ٴ ½ÄÀÌ´Ù. °¡Àå ÀÛÀº ¹«´ç¹ú·¹¿¡°Ô °¡Àå Å« »¡°£Ã¥À», °¡Àå Å« °ÅÀο¡°Ô °¡Àå ÀÛÀº ¹«Áö°¹ºû Ã¥À» ¾È°ÜÁØ ±¸Á¶°¡ À§Æ® ³ÑÄ£´Ù.


±×·±µ¥ À̾߱⿡ ±¸Ã¼ÀûÀÎ ³»¿ëÀÌ ¾ø´Ù°í? ±×·¡¼­ ¾î¶² ÁÖÁ¦µµ Çٽɵµ ¾ø´Â °Í °°´Ù°í? ¡®Ã¥ÀÇ ³»¿ë=±ÛÀÚ¡¯¶ó´Â ÀÌ·± ¼±ÀÔ°ßÀ» ÀÌ Ã¥Àº À¯ÄèÇÏ°Ô µÚÁý¾îÁØ´Ù. Àû¾îµµ ±×¸²Ã¥¿¡¼­¸¸Å­Àº ±×·± ¼±ÀÔ°ßÀ» ¹Ð¾î³õ¾Æ¾ß ÇÑ´Ù°í ¸»ÇÏ´Â °Í °°´Ù. ÀÌ À¯·ÁÇÑ ±×¸²°ú dz¼ºÇÑ »öä, ¼¶¼¼ÇÑ µðÀÚÀÎ, ¹ß¶öÇÑ ±¸Á¶ ÀÚü°¡ ÈǸ¢ÇÑ À̾߱âÀÌÀÚ À̾߱âÀÇ Àç·á°¡ µÉ ¼ö ÀÖ´Â °ÍÀÌ´Ù. âÀÇ·Â ÀÖ´Â ¾ÆÀ̶ó¸é ÀÌ ±×¸²Ã¥À» ³Ñ±â¸é¼­ °¢°¢ÀÇ Á¶±×¸¸ Ã¥¿¡ ÀÚ±â À̾߱⸦ ¸¸µé¾î ºÙÀÌ°í ½ÍÀº »ý°¢ÀÌ µéÁö ¾ÊÀ»±î? ÀÌ°ÍÀÌ ÀÌ Ã¥ÀÌ µ¶ÀÚ¸¦ Àû±ØÀûÀ¸·Î ²ø¾îµéÀÌ´Â ¶Ç ÇϳªÀÇ ¹æ¹ýÀÌ´Ù.


°¢Á¾ ¡®½º¸¶Æ®¡¯ÇÑ ¸Åü¿¡ ¹Ð·Á Á¾ÀÌÃ¥Àº ¼³ ÀÚ¸®°¡ Á¡Á¡ Á¼¾ÆÁö°í ÀÖÁö¸¸, ±×¸²Ã¥ÀÇ ÀÔÁö´Â ¿ÀÈ÷·Á ±»°ÇÇØÁú ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. ¾ÆÀ̵鿡°Ô Á¾À̸¸ÀÇ ½º¸¶Æ®ÇÑ ¸Å·ÂÀ» ¹ß°ßÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ°Ô ÇØÁÖ´Â °¡Àå ÀûÀýÇÑ ¸ÅüÀ̱⠶§¹®ÀÌ´Ù. ÀÌ Ã¥ÀÇ ¸¶¹«¸® ºÎºÐ, ¡°¶Ç ´Ù¸¥ ±×¸²Ã¥À» ÆîÃÄ ºÁ!¡±¶ó´Â ±ÇÀ¯¿¡ ºÎÀÀÇÏ¿© µ¶¼­»ï¸Å°æ¿¡ ºüÁ® ÀÖ´Â ¿Â°® µ¶ÀÚµéÀ» º¸¸é Á¾ÀÌÃ¥ÀÇ ¹Ì·¡¿¡ Èñ¸ÁÀ» Ç°°Ô µÈ´Ù. ¾ÆÀ̵鵵, °õ°ú ¿°¼Ò¿Í Åä³¢ °°Àº µ¿¹°µéµµ, ½ÉÁö¾î´Â ¾Ç¾î¿Í °Å¹Ì±îÁöµµ Ã¥À» º¸°í ÀÖÀ¸´Ï ¾È ±×·¸°Ú´Â°¡. ÀÌ Èñ¸ÁÀÌ ¡®ÀÌ ÀÛÀº Ã¥À» ÆîÃĺ¸¶ó¡¯´Â ÀÛ°¡ÀÇ ±ÇÀ¯¿¡ ´ëÇÑ µ¶ÀÚÀÇ ÀÀ´äÀÌ´Ù.



±è¼­Á¤/ÀÛ°¡¡¤Áß¾Ó´ë °­ÀDZ³¼ö

ÇÑ°Ü·¹ ¼­Æò ¹Ù·Î°¡±â



----------------------------








  list          
 NEW BOOK: "¿©¸§ÀÌ ¿Â´Ù SUMMER"  
 <°­ÀÌ River> in IBBY Honour List 2020  
 NEW BOOK: "Dream of Becoming Water"-"¹°ÀÌ µÇ´Â ²Þ" Ãâ°£  
 RIVER: Interview with La Repubblica  
 Dibujando el Mundo  
 2013 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards (Honor): "OPEN THIS LITTLE BOOK"  
 Chronicle Books blog interview  
 OTLB book trailer & reviews  
 NEW: A trilogia da margem  
 NEW: La trilogia del limite  
 NEW: Korean edition of "The Border Trilogy"  
 TALK: Korean edition of "The Border Trilogy"  
  list    1 [2][3] >
Copyright 1999-2024 Zeroboard / skin by E*so
All images copyright © Suzy Lee