Dreamflight [Library Binding]

Brigitta Garcia Lopez (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up

One night Max awakens to see his race car speeding around his bedroom. At the wheel is an extraordinary winged creature. It's Wilbur, Max's personal guardian angel. Wilbur explains that he's always been around, but was invisible up to now. Max is delighted. Wilbur is a bit mischievous and very greedy, gobbling chocolate whenever he can. Be he's so much fun, and he teaches Max the art of dream flying! What a time they have, soaring through the sky together, until one day Wilbur nearly crashes. He's gotten too fat for his little wings. No more chocolate for him! But that means he has to turn invisible again. Much as Max will miss seeing his guardian angel, now that he knows the joy of flying himself, he must sacrifice for his little friend. Comical, all clay animates this buoyant tale that's sure to have children wishing for a guardian angel like Wilbur.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

K-Gr. 2.^B Max wakes up in the night to find a little fat man speeding through the room in a little red racing car. He is Wilbur, Max's chubby guardian angel, and they have lots of fun together: they scare Max's mother, gobble up chocolate, splash in the bath, and in Max's dreams, they fly all the way to the end of the earth.^B Wilbur says that although, until now, he has been invisible, he has always looked out for Max--and he always will, no matter what happens. (As it turns out,^B Wilbur eventually eats so much that he can't fly and has to become invisible again.) This German import is a mischievous take on the alter-ego story, and its bright computer-enhanced pictures, which have^B the look of dioramas, reflect the story's magical realism with just the right garish silliness. It's a pity that the story reinforces stereotypes about fatness, but Wilbur, in his neon-colored swim trunks and sunshades, is hilarious, and kids will enjoy the absurdity of the story as well as the wild escape while it lasts. Hazel Rochman
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About the Author

Brigitta Garcia Lopez was born in Huttwil, Switzerland. She graduated from the University of Design and Arts in Lucerne, and went on to study animation. She now lives in Zurich. She does illustrations for newspapers and magazines, and writes and illustrates children's books. This is her first book for North-South.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Library Binding: 40 pages
• Publisher: North-South / Night Sky Books (September 15, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735820252
• ISBN-13: 978-0735820258
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,880,792 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)