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Rabbit confides to Owl that he is planning a party, but as the message is passed from animal to animal it gets more and more confused.Tags
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How does one start out with "Rabbit is having a party tomorrow," and end up with "Rabbit is reading his poetry tomorrow?" Simple! Pass the message from person to person (or animal to animal, as is the case here), and it will become progressively more garbled as it travels along from one to the next. This certainly proves to be the case with Rabbit's "surprise" news, creating a series of misunderstandings that make it difficult for him to get his friends to come to his party...
Another basic concept-book from English children's author Pat Hutchins, The Surprise Party addresses itself, with amusing results, to the errors that accumulate in the course of spoken communication - what we call "the game of telephone," here in the states. I show more picked it up, initially, because I'm planning to read The Silver Christmas Tree, and the characters from that book were apparently first introduced here. As is proving to be the case with many of this author's titles (Rosie's Walk, Which Witch Is Which?), I found it far more appealing, than I had expected to, enjoying both the idea and the execution. A great, non-didactic way of introducing the idea of errors of transmission, this is also just a fun animal story, with colorful and appealing artwork. show less
Another basic concept-book from English children's author Pat Hutchins, The Surprise Party addresses itself, with amusing results, to the errors that accumulate in the course of spoken communication - what we call "the game of telephone," here in the states. I show more picked it up, initially, because I'm planning to read The Silver Christmas Tree, and the characters from that book were apparently first introduced here. As is proving to be the case with many of this author's titles (Rosie's Walk, Which Witch Is Which?), I found it far more appealing, than I had expected to, enjoying both the idea and the execution. A great, non-didactic way of introducing the idea of errors of transmission, this is also just a fun animal story, with colorful and appealing artwork. show less
Short and sweet book along the lines of the game "Telephone" -- everyone mishears a secret as it is passed along, with briefly sad but eventually happy results. Art reminiscent of the Drummer Hoff era.
Rabbit confides to Owl that he is planning a party, but as the message is passed from animal to animal, it gets more and more confused.
Ustekabeko festa kontakizun metagarria eta kateatua da, pertsonaia nagusi batetik abiatuta beste eragile batzuk gehituz doana, harik eta, une jakin batean, ordena alderantzizkatu eta istorioaren hasierara itzultzen den arte, pertsonaia guztiak bilduz.
Untxi eta Igel, Hontza, Katagorri, Ahate, Sagu eta Azeri, aurre-irakurleentzako eta lehen irakurleentzako album hau (zurrumurruaren edo ‘hondatutako telefonoaren’ jolasa gogora ekartzen duena) bere umoreagatik eta komunitate bateko kideen arteko harremana naturaltasunez kontatzeagatik nabarmentzen da.
Hala, konfidentzia bat ageriko sekretu bihurtzen da, eta gaizki-ulertu harrigarri sorta eragiten du, amaiera zoriontsura iritsi arte.
Untxi eta Igel, Hontza, Katagorri, Ahate, Sagu eta Azeri, aurre-irakurleentzako eta lehen irakurleentzako album hau (zurrumurruaren edo ‘hondatutako telefonoaren’ jolasa gogora ekartzen duena) bere umoreagatik eta komunitate bateko kideen arteko harremana naturaltasunez kontatzeagatik nabarmentzen da.
Hala, konfidentzia bat ageriko sekretu bihurtzen da, eta gaizki-ulertu harrigarri sorta eragiten du, amaiera zoriontsura iritsi arte.
Oct 20, 2016Spanish
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Pat Hutchins was born Patricia Goundry on June 18, 1942 in Yorkshire, England. In 1958 at the age sixteen, she won a scholarship to attend the Darlington School of Art, where she studied for three years. Then she attended the Leeds College of Art, where studied illustration. After graduating in 1962, she moved to London. She worked as a junior art show more director at the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency. She met her husband there and after they were married, her husband was transferred by the advertising company to head up its New York office. While in New York, she met the editor-in-chief of the children's department at Macmillan, who encouraged her to write and illustrate her own story. Her first book, Rosie's Walk, was published in 1968 and was a 1968 ALA Notable Book. She wrote more than 40 books for young readers including Titch, Don't Forget the Bacon!, 1 Hunter, Good-Night, Owl!, and The Doorbell Rang. In 1974, The Wind Blew won the Kate Greenaway Medal. She died on November 7, 2017 at the age of 75. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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