Travels Of Thelonious (fog Mound)直升机之旅
分類: 图书,少儿,少儿原版书,
作者： Susan Schade等编著
出 版 社：
出版时间： 2007-5-1字数：版次： 1页数： 214印刷时间：开本： 16开印次： 1纸张：I S B N ： 9780689876851包装： 平装内容简介
From School Library Journal
Grade 3-6–Thelonious is a young chipmunk who lives in a world where humans exist only in legend. During a violent rainstorm, his tree is ripped from the ground, and he is swept away to a city populated by animals of the lowest criminal element. He soon finds himself in the company of Olive, a bear with a gift for mechanics; Fitzgerald, a porcupine who guards the books that were left behind when the humans died; and Brown, a shifty lizard who joins their group to escape a life of slavery. Together they must find their way back to the idyllic commune that exists atop the Fog Mound. In doing so, they will discover clues as to what happened to the humans. Written in chapters that alternate between traditional prose and comic-book format, the story is a gentle introduction to graphic novels. The illustrations are delightfully cartoonlike, and they are tinted in a soothing blue that beautifully complements the postapocalyptic setting. Unfortunately, the narrative is heavy-handed in espousing the evils of humanity's lack of concern for the environment, and the story takes a silly idealistic turn when the animals arrive at their destination. Despite these flaws, this is an easy and entertaining read that will appeal to reluctant readers as well as those exploring the graphic-novel genre.–Heather M. Lisowski, Philip S. Miller Library, Castle Rock, CO
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From Booklist
Gr. 4-7. The team behind several early reader books, including the Danger Joe Show series, offers the first episode in the Fog Mound series, introducing Thelonious, a young squirrel with a taste for legends who is swept away by a flood and left in the Ruined City. Exploring this strikingly imagined world, he meets a porcupine librarian and a helicopter-flying bear, and together they make a dangerous journey to the Fog Mound, an idyllic land holding clues to humanity's disappearance. The alternating chapters of illustrated prose and charming, highly detailed sequential art display a fascination with the power of stories to inspire adventure and unlock mysteries. Form doesn't always seem to suit content: the action is largely presented in prose, and the lengthy conversations are comics. The transitions are smooth, however, and one memorable escape scene makes full, thrilling use of graphic storytelling tools. Elements of Watership Down, The Wizard of Oz, and the film Planet of the Apes contribute to a genuine sense of discovery, and although many answers are left for future volumes, this book will be a great way into prose for reluctant readers. Jesse Karp
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
