Felipe Ribeiro Ribeiro itibaren Texas
My audience was rapt during this Caldecott winner about a highwire walker facing doubts (The Great Bellini) and his brave, encouraging student, Mirette. Beautifully illustrated!
The artwork is lush and gorgeous, though perhaps a bit too lush when it comes to the female characters -- the golden tones and full lips tend to make them all a bit too sexy for the end of the 18th century. Still, I'm looking forward to going back to read the whole thing, but from what I've seen, I don't entirely care for the adaptation. Particularly as a recommendation for students, I think there are too many liberties taken to be strictly accurate to the book, as well as a great deal more smiling than in an movie adaptation I've ever seen.
A fair book. I was definitely more interested in it since it takes place in Hawaii and I could visualize a lot of the places and found the Hawaiian history interesting. Sometimes it didn't flow too well as it skipped from present day to the past.
i loved to read it. Was very very good and my grandmother wanted to read it to.