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The author combines reminiscences of his early years with month-by-month reflections on the changing seasons.
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《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
Gr 4 Up-The author's personal reminiscences of boyhood exploits, interwoven with adult observations on various natural phenomena of the English countryside. Each short chapter covers one month, and addresses some peculiarity of one or more species of plant or animal (magpie, mole, mosquito, saffron, cuckoo, foxglove, etc.). Written in his 74th year, these recollections speak to children in the comfortable, but sometimes preachy, manner of an elderly man addressing his grandchildren. Many of the trees and animals he mentions are more abundant in Europe or called by a different name there (i.e., horse chestnuts are called conkers), while some are indigenous only to small sections of the U.S. or are variants of the species found here and will be unfamiliar to American readers. Differences in the British school year add a bit of confusion, as well. Dahl recalls escapades (riding his illicit motorbike past his prep school each Sunday during his final summer term) as well as useful gardening tips (burying wine bottles with only the necks sticking up to scare away moles). Blake has lovingly highlighted the pages of this slim volume with many soft, sketchy watercolor cartoons. Devotees of Dahl's Boy (1984) and Going Solo (1986, both Farrar) will surely request this one, as well.-Susan Scheps, Shaker Heights Public Library, OH (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
出版社周刊评论
In the year before he died, Dahl (1916-1990) recorded his impressions--drawn from a lifetime of rich experiences in the English countryside--of each passing month. This delightfully warm and intelligent book is the result. The renowned author describes the natural world as he recalls childhood feelings and events, including memories of cherished toys and games, and a spectacular prank. In a thoroughly beguiling mix of tones, the narrative voice is at times opinionated (``What has happened to these children? . . . Boys should want to climb trees''), censorious (``The cuckoo is the nastiest bird in the sky. Too lazy to build its own nest, too lazy to feed its own young''), paternal, factual and confessional (``I had learnt even at that tender age that there are no secrets unless you keep them to yourself, and this was the greatest secret I had ever had to keep in my life so far''). Throughout, Dahl comes through strongly as a genial, witty and occasionally eccentric soul. Blake's watercolor and ink illustrations, simultaneously defined and soft, and made whimsical with curvy lines, are an ideal match. All ages. (Feb.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
《儿童读物杂志》(Horn Book)书评
While written in the same lively, confiding tone as many of Dahl's popular novels, the slim volume of his reminiscences and observations on nature for each month of the year will mainly interest young naturalists -- and British young naturalists, at that. Blake's quirky style of illustration enlivens the English countryside scenes. From HORN BOOK 1994, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
《书目》(Booklist)书评
Gr. 4-6. There's good news and bad news about this offering from Dahl written in the last year of his life. The good news is, it's quite an interesting nature study, divided by months, in which Dahl describes the various flora and fauna seen around Gipsy House, his country home; interspersed with the descriptions are tales of his youth. The bad news is, Gipsy House is in Buckinghamshire, England, and so American kids won't be familiar at all with certain flowers, bushes, and, especially, birds, such as hedge sparrows or lapwings ("some call them peewits, some plovers"), though they may take a keen interest in the blue tit. However, the rest of the good news is, Dahl's writing is so fresh and vivid that even when one barely knows what he's talking about, his observations are enjoyable. An example: Dahl explains he adores September because it's the Month of the Conker and how he loved, as a boy, knocking down conkers, and even set a school record at conker 109. There's more, but the point is that, though the American reader may have no idea what conkers are, Dahl makes the whole conker experience sound fun anyway. Quentin Blake's watercolor illustrations are charming and delicate here, and completely capture the mood of the book. ~--Ilene Cooper