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National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of the World This charming reference introduces young readers to the wider world by exploring languages, landscapes, weather, animals, capital cities, mountains, deserts, and other landscapes and landforms, and more. See more | National Geographic Kids
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New Yorkers are singularly single minded. It’s not enough that our city be rich, popular, and famous. We apparently are so neurotic that we need to see it EVERYWHERE. In movies, on television, and, of course, in books. Children’s books, however, get a bit of a pass in this regard. It doesn’t matter where you grow up, most kids get a bit of a thrill when they see their home city mentioned in a work of literature. Here in NYC, teachers go out of their way to find books about the city to read and study with their students. As a result of this, in my capacity as a children’s librarian I make a habit of keeping an eye peeled for any and all New York City related books for the kiddos. And as luck would have it, in the year 2013 I saw a plethora of Manhattan-based titles. Some were great. Some were jaw-droppingly awful. But one stood apart from the pack. Written by an Aussie, “Herman and Rosie”, author Gus Gordon has created the first picture book I’ve ever seen to successfully put its finger on the simultaneous beauty and soul-gutting loneliness of big city life. The fact that it just happens to be a fun story about an oboe-tooting croc and deer chanteuse is just icing on the cake.
Herman and Rosie are city creatures through and through. Herman is a croc with a penchant for hotdogs and yogurt and playing his oboe out the window of his 7th story home. In a nearby building, Rosie the deer likes pancakes and jazz records and singing in nightclubs, even if no one’s there to hear her. Neither one knows the other, so they continue their lonely little lives unaware of the potential soulmate nearby. One day Rosie catches a bit of Herman’s music and not long thereafter Herman manages to hear a snatch of a song sung by Rosie.Read more ›
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This is a sweet book that I love to read to my children. Part of the magic of this book is the beautiful illustrations. There is so much thought and detail put into every page they are a joy to look at. The story follows Herman and Rosie who live next to each other but are oblivious to each other's existence. They both hear the other playing music/singing and enjoy it, but it isn't until their lives change that they meet. In a nutshell the book gently explores overcoming disappointment and finding happiness. Were it not for the amazing drawings I'm not sure I'd love this book as much as I do, but sometimes the drawings really make the book. My kids especially like the page where each of the characters goes for a walk around the city. They follow Herman and Rosie's paths with their fingers and name off the landmarks in the city. Beautifully executed!
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At the American Library Association’s mid-winter Conference last month I spotted this new (2013) colorful children’s book about how “jazz” brought together a crocodile and a deer (yes, this is a CHILDREN’s book!) who were looking for love and companionship in the big city of New York. Since I often write about jazz ,this title peaked my interest and I got a copy.
The book is the same size as a 10-inch 78rpm record (you’ll have to explain what a “record” is to your children, if you read it to them) and the graphic art on the front (and especially the back) covers shows both a record and “hi-fi” phonograph unit. It’s only 32 pages and there isn’t a lot of text but for folks who collect jazz records (as I do) the illustrations (using various “collage” techniques) are what make this a fun book to have.
And, reading it to your children might actually just get them interested in listening to those Lps (and 78s?) you have around the house!
I hope you found this review both informative and helpful.
Steve Ramm “Anything Phonographic”
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With SO MANY love songs to a specific place, it’s HARD to stand out, but I believe ”Herman and Rosie” is one such stand out. For me, of the many love songs to New York City (Real or Surreal), this book DOES jump out in the most positive sense.
The story follows titular characters: Herman, a crocodile salary-man who loves playing his oboe, hot dogs in winter, and movies about the ocean, and Rosie, who loves toffee, movies about the ocean, and singing her heart out at a jazz club at night, after working in the restaurant biz by day.
While both Herman and Rosie love life in the city, it can feel lonely at times, sometimes lacking the kind of community building more directly inherent in a small town, or county within a large city or town.
The illustrations do an excellent job projecting the urban motif, using collage scrapbook-like elements to further enhance the overall charm to the "New Yorker-esque" illustration style.
When I first saw the cover for this book, I almost wanted to weep with joy, because it’s unabashedly old-fashioned, in a tune when being modern is often meant to mean “Simplistic to a fault.”
Please understand, I’m not bashing simplicity, when it’s right for the story that’s fine, whether we;re talking words or text, but I don’t want simplicity to overly dictate stories that frankly demand some finesse and sophistication.
These two have a lot in common, yet like most city slickers, start out as two wayward spirits who are strangers to each other, but certainly not to the readers of their story.Read more ›
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