Title | : | The Voyage of the Poppy Kettle |
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ISBN | : | 0698400259 |
ISBN-10 | : | 9780698400252 |
Language | : | English |
Format Type | : | Hardcover |
Number of Pages | : | 48 |
Publication | : | Published May 19, 2005 |
Robert Ingpen has vividly captured this modern Australian folk tale with rich illustrations and a fun sense of detail. This is an imaginative story about setting off into the unknown.
The Voyage of the Poppy Kettle Reviews
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This was a fairly interesting story of Borrower-sized people looking for a new home. But, at one point in their voyage, one of their number (which began with 7 people) is washed overboard. By the end of the book, all 7 people are depicted again, with absolutely no explanation for how #7 rejoined the group. Very confusing. Possibly, the dolphin rescued #7 and returned him to the others, but this is not made clear at all in the text or illustrations. The illustrations, of course, are gorgeous.
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Beautiful art and fanciful story. i love thinking that it might be true.
The storm scene immediately put me in mind of Rembrandt’s painting of the storm on the Sea of Galilee.
Spoiler: One of the Hairy Peruvians was washed overboard, and the text says “They we’re afraid he was lost forever.” i suspected he’d be recovered somehow, since this wasn’t a definitive statement, and later on the pictures show seven Hairy Peruvians again, but zero acknowledgement of why.
Still a good book. -
A strange and mysterious story. It reads like a Peruvian legend.