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The follow up to the quirky Garmann’s Summer. In this fun new book we get to follow Garmann, see how he deals with bullies and all the fun and crazy personalities of his neighbors and the people that surround his home.
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From School Library Journal
Grade 2—In this follow-up to Garmann"s Summer (Eerdmans, 2008), a fourth-grade bully dares Garmann to light a match as he stands at the edge of an elderly neighbor"s yard. He accidentally drops the match, setting the dry grass ablaze. As Roy flees, the property owner, a foreboding ex-mailman known as the Stamp Man, tells Garmann to run for help. The fire is soon put out and a friendship develops between the boy and the old man, who share a love of wildflowers and numerical trivia. By summer"s end, Garmann finds that he is no longer intimidated by the bully. As with the previous book, the lengthy text is illustrated in mixed-media collage, including dried flowers, postmarks, and digitally altered photos. The tiny print and surreal-looking pictures reflect the introspective nature of the text and make this picture book an acquired taste for older readers. Fans of the first book will most likely appreciate this sequel.—Martha Simpson, Stratford Library Association, CT
(c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
From Booklist
Norwegian author-illustrator Hole applies his philosophical sensibility and blisteringly original visual style to another multilayered peek into the life of young Garmann. Egged on by the neighborhood alpha boy, Garmann lights a match and accidentally sets a fire in the overgrown yard of the strange old man who lives at the end of the street. After an intense sequence putting the blaze out, Garmann and the man form the cautious friendship of kindred spirits. The old man"s transformation from a creepy weirdo to a quirky grandfather figure is pitched nearly seamlessly. Hole"s mixed-media collage artwork may be unmatched in capturing some of the true flavor of childhood whimsy and wonder, including the sometimes darker side. Here he hints at this subtext, but it never becomes quite as unsettling (or as powerful) as the scary spreads of the deaths-head aunts in his Batchelder Honor Book, Garmann"s Summer (2008). With the same respect for the intelligence and mental flexibility of his audience, Hole suggests much but tells little in this deceptively simple slice-of-life tale. Grades 1-3. --Ian Chipman
Grade 2—In this follow-up to Garmann"s Summer (Eerdmans, 2008), a fourth-grade bully dares Garmann to light a match as he stands at the edge of an elderly neighbor"s yard. He accidentally drops the match, setting the dry grass ablaze. As Roy flees, the property owner, a foreboding ex-mailman known as the Stamp Man, tells Garmann to run for help. The fire is soon put out and a friendship develops between the boy and the old man, who share a love of wildflowers and numerical trivia. By summer"s end, Garmann finds that he is no longer intimidated by the bully. As with the previous book, the lengthy text is illustrated in mixed-media collage, including dried flowers, postmarks, and digitally altered photos. The tiny print and surreal-looking pictures reflect the introspective nature of the text and make this picture book an acquired taste for older readers. Fans of the first book will most likely appreciate this sequel.—Martha Simpson, Stratford Library Association, CT
(c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
From Booklist
Norwegian author-illustrator Hole applies his philosophical sensibility and blisteringly original visual style to another multilayered peek into the life of young Garmann. Egged on by the neighborhood alpha boy, Garmann lights a match and accidentally sets a fire in the overgrown yard of the strange old man who lives at the end of the street. After an intense sequence putting the blaze out, Garmann and the man form the cautious friendship of kindred spirits. The old man"s transformation from a creepy weirdo to a quirky grandfather figure is pitched nearly seamlessly. Hole"s mixed-media collage artwork may be unmatched in capturing some of the true flavor of childhood whimsy and wonder, including the sometimes darker side. Here he hints at this subtext, but it never becomes quite as unsettling (or as powerful) as the scary spreads of the deaths-head aunts in his Batchelder Honor Book, Garmann"s Summer (2008). With the same respect for the intelligence and mental flexibility of his audience, Hole suggests much but tells little in this deceptively simple slice-of-life tale. Grades 1-3. --Ian Chipman
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Stian Hole is a Norwegian author and illustrator. His picture books include Garmann"s Street and Garmann"s Summer, which won a BolognaRagazzi Award, a Batchelder Award Honor, and an Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award. The book also was recently named to the IBBY Honour List for 2010.