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PreSchool-Grade 2. "The People," who appear to be a Native American tribe of the far north, are being destroyed by a cruel being, Iceheart, who freezes the land wherever they go. After a boy saves the life of a goose, the grateful Branta leads the people south, to a place where tall trees with shining red leaves offer warmth and protection. Iceheart attacks, tearing the leaves from the branches. Together, the boy and the goose bring back summer in the form of hundreds of birds that fill the tree, replacing the lost leaves and providing shelter. The goose says that winter will return, but that the birds and summer will follow each year. The author begins the story with an account of her family's escape from Czechoslovakia to safety in Canada. Her love for the security offered by the red maple leaf as a symbol of her new country became the basis for the story. The transition from the present to the past is somewhat jarring. The meticulously rendered pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations often appear as nine panels per page, three large ones in the middle that set the scenes and convey the action with three smaller ones on either side that offer varying perspectives and cameo portraits. At climactic points, a full-page picture is used instead of the panels. The art includes more details than the text and it adds texture to the story. The theme of seeking security is universal and is underscored by the cover illustration of children of various ethnicities dancing together around a large maple tree.?Lucinda Snyder Whitehurst, St. Christopher's School, Richmond, VA
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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?A lovely story told in the universal folktale tradition?
?Quill & Quire
?Zeman?s fine illustrations?tell a story all on their own.?
?Ottawa Citizen -- Review
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PreSchool-Grade 2. "The People," who appear to be a Native American tribe of the far north, are being destroyed by a cruel being, Iceheart, who freezes the land wherever they go. After a boy saves the life of a goose, the grateful Branta leads the people south, to a place where tall trees with shining red leaves offer warmth and protection. Iceheart attacks, tearing the leaves from the branches. Together, the boy and the goose bring back summer in the form of hundreds of birds that fill the tree, replacing the lost leaves and providing shelter. The goose says that winter will return, but that the birds and summer will follow each year. The author begins the story with an account of her family's escape from Czechoslovakia to safety in Canada. Her love for the security offered by the red maple leaf as a symbol of her new country became the basis for the story. The transition from the present to the past is somewhat jarring. The meticulously rendered pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations often appear as nine panels per page, three large ones in the middle that set the scenes and convey the action with three smaller ones on either side that offer varying perspectives and cameo portraits. At climactic points, a full-page picture is used instead of the panels. The art includes more details than the text and it adds texture to the story. The theme of seeking security is universal and is underscored by the cover illustration of children of various ethnicities dancing together around a large maple tree.?Lucinda Snyder Whitehurst, St. Christopher's School, Richmond, VA
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Review
?A lovely story told in the universal folktale tradition?
?Quill & Quire
?Zeman?s fine illustrations?tell a story all on their own.?
?Ottawa Citizen -- Review
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