Jemmy Button
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (920 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0763664871 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 48 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
From School Library Journal Gr 1-3-This picture book is based on the true story of Orundellico, a boy from Tierra del Fuego who was taken to Victorian England by a British sea captain. This treatment brings the story home for young readers and provides an excellent discussion-starter.-Kathleen Kelly MacMillan, Carroll County Public Library, MD(c) Copyright 2011. From the cover where he peeks out through lush greenery, to the vast visions of the night sky over the island, illustrations of Orundellico's home
His guardians buy him clothes and take him to concerts, but the paintings show him always set apart from his companions. Less a biography than an attempt to represent this alienating experience from Jemmy's point of view, it is distinguished by lyrical prose-poetry ("Come away with us and taste our language, see the lights of our world," the British explorers tell Jemmy) and intensely creative and beautifully conceived paintings. On matte pages, Jemmy, a paper-doll figure with red ochre skin and curly black hair, walks naked through throngs of top-hatted and gowned silhouettes, all the same shade of blue. "Jemmy felt almost at home. - Publishers Weekly. Almost, but not quite." As a snapshot of colonial betrayal, it evokes regret, longing, guilt, and awe--an assortment of feelings that might make the book more attractive to grownups than to children. A beautiful collaboration based on a true story.Exchanged for the single mother-of-pearl button that gave him his nickname, an indigenous Tierra del Fuegan boy named Orundellico spent many years in England in the early 1800s as part of a failed experiment in forced civilization
Jeannie Wolfe said Excellent Book!. This is the best children's book I have ever come across! The pictures are amazing!. Dienne said Whitewashing of imperialism. I don’t know what young children are supposed to make of this story. That a young boy from Tierra del Fuego got the opportunity to travel to England, learn the language and other customs, be a celebrity, and that it was all a grand adventure? But afterward. PERFECT!!!! Norman Freed a must read for all familiesperfect giftincredible artthis is a treasure!