The Only Child Contributor(s): Guojing (Author), Guojing (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0553497049 ISBN-13: 9780553497045 Publisher: Random House Studio
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: December 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels - General - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General |
Dewey: E |
LCCN: 2014026977 |
Age Level: 5-9 |
Grade Level: Kindergarten-4 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 8.3" W x 11.5" L (1.60 lbs) 112 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Friendship |
Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product |
Review Citations: Shelf Awareness 12/18/2015 School Library Journal 08/01/2015 pg. 70 Publishers Weekly 09/28/2015 Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2015 pg. 88 New York Times Book Review 11/08/2015 pg. 20 PW Best Children's Books 11/02/2015 pg. 46 Booklist 11/15/2015 pg. 36 Kirkus Best Picture Books 11/15/2015 pg. 54 PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/02/2015 pg. 31 Entertainment Weekly 12/18/2015 pg. 104 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A New York Times Best Illustrated Book Hailed by Entertainment Weekly and the Wall Street Journal as a best book of the year, this gorgeous and imaginative story--part picture book, part graphic novel--is utterly transporting and original. USA Today declared it "a compelling and melancholy debut from an important new talent as well as an expansive and ageless book full of wonder, sadness, and wild bursts of imagination." And like Shaun Tan's The Arrival and Raymond Briggs's The Snowman, it is quickly becoming a modern classic. A little girl--lost and alone--follows a mysterious stag deep into the woods, and, like Alice down the rabbit hole, she finds herself in a strange and wondrous world. But... home and family are very far away. How will she get back there? In this magnificently illustrated--and wordless--masterpiece, debut artist Guojing brilliantly captures the rich and deeply-felt emotional life of a child, filled with loneliness and longing as well as love and joy. "A haunting, wordless, gorgeously drawn picture book." --People "Told wordlessly through soft, dreamy illustrations, Guojing's tale evokes the loneliness of growing up under China's one-child policy." --Entertainment Weekly "A dreamy, wordless debut." --The New York Times Majestic.... Rare is the book containing great emotional depth that truly resonates across a span of ages: this is one such. --Kirkus Reviews, Starred Reminiscent of Raymond Briggs's classic, The Snowman (1978), this is quiet, moving, playful, and bittersweet all at once. --Booklist, Starred |
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