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Landmann, Bimba
3 Reviews
(2)
K-3
Little Tonio dreamed of wings that would carry him to adventure. He grew up to become a pilot, flying over Europe and North Africa during wartime and later delivering intercontinental mail. He captured his dreams in poems and novels, completing The Little Prince months before his plane disappeared. Atmospheric text draws on Saint-Exupéry's own writings; rich illustrations depict his hopeful imaginings filling open skies.
Reviewer: Thom Barthelmess
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2015
(3)
4-6
The text of this illustrated volume is "inspired by Homer's Iliad and other stories of ancient Greece." The writing, in free verse (and in very small type), is complex and poetic. Angular, imaginative illustrations are visually striking and lend themselves well to emphasizing the theme of the doomed warrior.
Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo
(4)
4-6
This oversize picture book, formatted like a graphic novel, retells Homer's The Odyssey. Clipped cadences describe the Greek hero's voyage home after the Trojan War: "Ulysses seeks among the waves / The invisible route to Ithaca." The somber illustrations' elongated figures and variegated hues may be off-putting to some, but the helpful panel-to-panel arrows keep readers on track.
Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo
3 reviews
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