Ah, Papi! Fortunately it's there. When I lose my blanket or my favorite book, it is to him that I can confide my sorrow. The day I did pierce my ears, it was he who accompanied me and sang a lullaby to soothe my pain. And when my first tooth fell, only he who could get close and reassure me. Papi, he lived alone in a big house with his dog Rusk. But he had to move in a special place where there are plenty of people in his age. And there, he became inconsolable, far from his home and especially his dog. I'm visiting him every day, unable to console him, Papi will never be the same ...
Are there any albums of children's literature that can make children cry? If you think the answer is no, then read this one and we hear about it afterwards. In fact, the question to ask concerns over the direction of the authors' approach. The worst thing would be free falling into pathos as dripping. Here, it seems to me that this is not the case, even if one is not far. The goal is to understand the child that nothing is immutable, that as time passes our surroundings and our immediate environment can quickly be overwhelmed. Papi does not die but state no longer allows him to stay home. This situation is terrible, sad but probably inevitable. That is both the problem of addiction and the way we treat our old age in Western countries is discussed as a watermark.
To be honest, if I find the text moving, I remain completely sealed against the illustrations. They are certainly very suggestive of tenderness and pain shared by the grandfather and her little girl but I do not map to any of these collages where characters' movements and proportions are too "outlandish". This is a notice everything that is more personal and I do not doubt there are fans for this kind of graphic treatment so special.
You do not fall every day on an album whose history can move large and small. Following is a question of sensibility. I read to my 5 year old daughter who goes several times a month to see her great-grandmother's home. His first thought at the end of the reading was telling me: "Hey Dad, what are they people cry in your book. "
I would love to have other opinions on this album. Unfortunately, it seems unavailable from the publisher for several weeks. Pending a possible reprint, it is easy to find hope in the library.
My grandpa , David Bouchard and Josée Bisaillon, Les 400 coups, 2009. 32 pages. 13.90 euros. At age 5 .
The more info: My grandpa is part of the Award Selection Chronos 2011, kindergarten class. The award, created in 1996 by the National Foundation for Gerontology, offers participants read books on the theme relations between generations, transmission of knowledge, the life course, old age and death. More info on the website price: http://www.prix-chronos.org/index.htm
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