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Goldstyn, Jacques
3 Reviews
(3)
K-3
Translated by Anne Louise Mahoney.
Jules was born two minutes after Jim and can't shake his role as tagalong for the duration of the friends' lives, during which they join the Canadian army in 1914 and fight Germany together. French Canadian author Goldstyn, whose art has the loose-lined, urbane look of New Yorker cartoons, ingeniously blends a friendship story with a devastating tale of World War I.
Reviewer: Nell Beram
(3)
K-3
A peaceful protestor is jailed. When the guard burns the letters the man receives by bird, the traveling smoke becomes an international call to action. All this is relayed without words in poignant, sketchlike line and wash illustrations that appear to have been executed with fervor; an appended note cites inspiration from Amnesty International's letter-writing campaign for the wrongly imprisoned.
Reviewer: Nell Beram
(3)
K-3
A small boy celebrates being different and solitary in this small sweet book. His best friend Bertolt, an old oak, serves as a place to climb, hide, and play. When the tree dies after a harsh winter, the boy is at first devastated but then devises a clever plan to honor his friend. Scribbly line drawings with impressionistic color details add character.
Reviewer: Grace Worcester Greene
3 reviews
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