Too Big!
Written by Claire Masurel
Illustrated by Hanako Wakiyama
9 x 9 in; 36 pp ; Full-color throughout, Ages 2-6
Hardcover
Published in March, 1999
ISBN 0811820904
ISBN13 9780811820905
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Too Big!
By Claire Masurel
Illustrated by Hanako Wakiyama
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Wakiyama's fresh, distinctive artwork and Masurel's understated
story infuse this toy tale with quiet originality. What's "too
big" is a boy's blue-and-white striped dinosaur named Tex. While
the smaller toys get to accompany the boy everywhere, "Tex never
went to the beach. He never went to a baseball game. He never
went anywhere. Poor Tex!" The illustration shows the dinosaur
gazing woefully out the window, holding the curtain aside. But
when it's time to go to the doctor, the other toys hide; only
loyal Tex is ready and waiting with his mild smile and a red hat
and scarf. Wakiyama's atmospheric oil paintings feature characters
with a smooth, rounded quality reminiscent of William Joyce's
inventions, but with a palette of soft blues, yellows and reds
that lend the figures a weightless quality (Tex appears to be
inflated). The artist's use of unexpected perspectives is all
her own; for instance, a pair of before-and-after porthole-shaped
paintings shows the boy delivering the pitch that wins him Tex
as a prize, with the ball and cans (once stacked as a pyramid)
breaking the circular frame. The delightfully peculiar artwork
seems so right that it feels already familiar, like an heirloom
teddy bear; the light, whimsical style fits the fantasy of animated
toys especially well. Just like Tex, kids will want to take this
winner of a book everywhere..
FROM: SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
By Tom S. Hurlburt
Wakiyama's illustrations, rendered in oil, lend a quite but
glowing atmosphere to this simple and thoroughly enjoyable story.
Yountsters will feel for Big Tex when he's left out of the various
family trips and will delight in the drawing on the final page,
which shows him towering over the other(s). A surefire hit, whether
read to individual children or to a group.
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