Overview / 简介: |
| Saturdays at the Children’s Zoo with their father always end the same way for Ariel, Miranda, and Jane: he offers them money for a treat, but they instead choose to buy food for the animals. On this particular Saturday, a mysterious balloon man gives them a small reward for their kindness—one balloon each, to be tied to their bedposts that night. Soon they find that the balloons bring them more magic than they could ever have imagined. |
From Organization / 国外机构评价: |
| K-Gr 2—Three sisters, Ariel, Miranda, and Jane, regularly visit the zoo with their father. One day their father gives them each some money, and instead of buying sweets or toys, they decide to buy feed for the animals. Regularly choosing to forgo snacks and toys, the girls are one day approached by the balloon man, who has noticed their thoughtfulness and rewards them each with a balloon. When they return home, they each tie their balloons to their bedposts. That night the balloons magically transport the girls out their window, through space, and up to heaven. They meet angels and animals but must return home before morning. What starts as a story of kindness and sacrifice and seems grounded in realism shifts gears noticeably when the magic balloons begin to transport them. The flow of the story and the illustrations falls apart with the more fantastical elements. VERDICT For libraries looking to add original spiritual picture books, this selection may have appeal; for others, this is one to pass over. |
About the Author / 作者介绍: |
| JULIANNA MARGULIES is a critically acclaimed actress and producer. She is the star of CBS’s The Good Wife, for which she has won a Golden Globe and two Emmys. She has won eight Screen Actors Guild Awards, sharing that distinction with few other female performers. She lives in New York City with her husband and son.
PAUL MARGULIES wrote stories, essays, and plays, and was also an award-winning advertising executive. But his favorite role was that of a father to his three daughters, and he devoted much of his talent to writing them letters and telling them stories.
GRANT SHAFFER is an artist whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Interview magazine, among other publications. He lives in New York with his husband, actor Alan Cumming. |
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