Series / 所属系列: |
| Yoko and Friends School Days
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From Organization / 国外机构评价: |
| Kindergarten-Grade 2-Titles in this series are designed to reflect the classroom experiences of young students. This installment describes Valentine's Day activities in Mrs. Jenkins's room. The children have learned the importance of including all their classmates so they work together to ensure that everyone, even their teacher, gets a special card. Interior illustrations by Nez approximate Wells's signature style. A pleasant story with appropriately challenging vocabulary that will make a suitable additional purchase for collections in need of easy-to-read offerings.
Shara Alpern, The Free Library of Philadelphia |
Foreign Customer Review / 国外客户评价: |
| Rosemary Wells is perhaps best known for her wonderful Max and Ruby books, and she brings the same storytelling talents to the "Yoko and Friends" series. Except for the cover, however, all the illustrations are by John Nez, who draws in Wells' familiar style. However, there are subtle yet noticeable differences between Wells' cover illustration and those done by Nez. There's a sly look in the eyes and some shading and coloring effects that are missing from Nez's work. The animal pictures are simply less compelling and mischievous than what Wells draws.
I've read one other book in the series ("Practice Makes Perfect") and preferred it to this one. "Be My Valentine" is not funny in the trademark Wells manner. Often Wells writes about a basically well intentioned but still disruptive animal creates some benign trouble, incurring the anger of those around him. Here, we have a sweet book about two boy and two girl elementary school mice exchanging secret Valentines. The Wells-inspired drawings are nice, the story is pleasant and includes some interesting references to Japanese candy, and all ends well, but there's a lack of humor and invention compared to Wells' other books.
Ms. Wells, in a note following the book, introduces the "Yoko" series, and encourages parents to spend time reading with their kids. She notes that "the stories are all drawn from the experiences my children had in school." However, get some of the "Max" and "Ruby" books for a more complete and satisfying Wells experience. |
About the Author / 作者介绍: |
| Confusion arises as Yoko's classmates secretly trade Valentine's Day cards. |
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