Series / 所属系列: |
| Iris and Walter
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Overview / 简介: |
| Walter is so excited that his favorite cousin, Howie, is coming to visit. He is sure that Iris will like Howie as much as he does. But nine-year-old Howie has big plans . . . and none of them include Iris |
From Organization / 国外机构评价: |
| Praise for books in the Iris and Walter series:
Splendid . . . Readers will delight in the youngsters' friendship, and bask in the reassuring love and support they receive from their families."--School Library Journal (starred review)
"Iris and Walter will join Frog and Toad and Henry and Mudge in a prominent place on the easy-reading shelves."--The Bulletin
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Foreign Customer Review / 国外客户评价: |
| Iris and Walter are best friends; they're apparently at that age when boys and girls don't segregate as they do a few years later. They're also full of idealism. Walter is excited that his older (age 9) cousin Howie is coming to visit: "Walter couldn't wait for his best friend and his favorite cousin to meet. `The three of us are going to have so much fun,' said Walter."
Unfortunately, Howie isn't interested in making friends with Iris. In fact, his words are critical and his body language shows hostility and a distinct smug quality. (Illustrator Christine Davenier conveys this very well). He even seems pleased that he's successfully placed a wedge between Iris and Walter, a wedge that Walter doesn't see. When she overhears Howie whispering to Walter, "Does she have to do everything with us?," Iris rides her bike home and bursts into tears. Her supportive parents and grandfather comfort her, validate her feelings, and reassure her that she will remain Walter's best friend. And that's exactly what happens.
This simple, warm book touches upon friendship issues that really occur, and that can be very upsetting. It need not be a visiting relative, this fear of replacement can happen, for example, when a best friend takes an exclusive interest in someone else for a while. The book shows how parents and other adults can play an important comforting/listening role, and it shows kids that unpleasant, upsetting things like this often resolve themselves. Davenier's casual pen-and-ink illustrations complement the story superbly, they are uniformly colorful, but depending on the scene, may be soft or swirly and action-filled. This 44-page book has a good pedigree, for the "Iris and Walter" books have won several awards, including a Publishers Weekly "Best Book of the Year." Recommended! |
About the Author / 作者介绍: |
| ELISSA HADEN GUEST is the award-winning author of the Iris and Walter series. She lives in San Francisco, California.
CHRISTINE DAVENIER is the acclaimed illustrator of the Iris and Walter books, and she received a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year Award for The First Thing My Mama Told Me by Susan Marie Swanson. She lives in |
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