
A book about self-esteem perhaps? Not at all. It's all about art and creativity. The girl knows she can do better and boy, does she ever!
Beginning with her dad, she remarks that her original scraggly-haired rendering doesn't reflect his personality at all. After all, she says, he's "as jumpy as a SPRING, and as playful as a SPINNING TOP..." and so forth. Then, when you turn the page, she's incorporated these objects into a new, more artistic and representative portrait of her dad. Then she goes down the list revising the other family members (including the onion-eyed stinky dog you see on the cover.)
We all enjoyed this book immensely. The pictures were funny, the similes were witty and often unpredictable, and we're all itching to now try our own.
(To see more of Piven's portraits, including ones he did for Rolling Stone magazine, Time, and Entertainment Weekly, visit his website. Some of my favourites include Homer Simpson, Bruce Springsteen, and Thom Yorke. What are yours?)
6 comments:
Like the cover.
This seems like cute book. Well worth checking out!
Just checked and yea, my library has this book. :)
Love the incorporation of the rat in Bob Geldof's portrait.
Sounds like a great book - not that I need to add any more books to *cough* Moira's library. :)
Gautami: The cover's okay, but the ones inside are better, IMO.
Wanda: The rat was a nice touch, especially with the tail forming the bags under his eyes.
Melanie: This is a library pick for us, but I wouldn't mind a copy for m... the kids' bookshelf, too.
It does sound cute :)
I just finished #13 in the 2nd Canadian Book Challenge:
http://www.purple4mee.com/2009/01/book-nova-scotia-drink-o-pedia-2008.html
You knew I would check out his site if you mentioned Thom Yorke, didn't you? Well it worked.
I want him to draw my family.
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