In Every Life
- 그림작가 말라 프레이지(Marla Frazee)
- 글작가 Marla Frazee
- 출판사 Beach Lane Books
- 페이지32 쪽
- 발행일2023-02-07
- 수상내역
책 내용
This Caldecott Honor picture book is a simple and profound meditation on the many wonders of life from three-time Caldecott Honor recipient Marla Frazee.
In every life, there is love and loss, hope and joy, wonder and mystery. With glowing art and spare, powerful text, Caldecott Honor–winning creator Marla Frazee celebrates the moments, feelings, and experiences, both big and small, that make up a life.
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From School Library Journal
PreS-Gr 1—This book is a meditation on gratitude, full of intricate symbolism. Frazee explains in a note that she was inspired by a "call-and-response version of a Jewish baby-naming blessing" she heard at a Christian church decades ago. The text is made up of seven lines, all but the last composed of seven words each. Seven is a significant number in Judaism, and structuring the text in this way is a subtle acknowledgement of that faith tradition. Each of the seven lines is presented on a spread with a series of small illustrations, vignettes that represent each idea. Following each is a wordless spread featuring a sprawling landscape peopled by small figures. Each line has a thematic color, and the palettes of the wordless spreads combine the colors to link the concepts. The pages of the first line, "In every birth, blessed is the wonder," are suffused with a soft pink. The following spread shows a family gazing at the sky, a baby pointing to the fluffy pink clouds that slowly bleed into yellow, the color of the second line: "In every smile, blessed is the light." The overall mood is slow, steady, and soothing. The combination of the spiritual words and the prosaic moments alternating with grand panoramas bestows a magnitude to the minutiae of the everyday. The characters are diverse in every sense of the word, representing a myriad of families and lived experiences. While the book's brevity is appropriate for a read-aloud, children will want to examine the illustrations closely. VERDICT Simultaneously simple and majestic, this benediction of a book is recommended for first purchase.—Elizabeth Lovsin
일러스트레이터 소개
1958년 로스앤젤레스에서 태어나, 미국 아트 센터에서 공부한 뒤, 작가이자 일러스트레이터로 활동하고 있습니다. 글과 그림을 함께 한 책으로 『계속 걸어!』『롤러코스터』『산타할아버지는 세계 제일의 장난감 전문가』 등이 있고, 그림을 그린 책으로『몰입 천재 클레멘타인』『비들박스 부인』 등이 있습니다. 2009년 『최고의 일주일을 보낸 두 소년』, 2010년 『온 세상을 노래해』로 2년 연속 칼데콧 아너 상을 받았습니다.