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A woman who has lost her beloved small dog to death succeeds in finding him again when he is reborn into the body of a new puppy.
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《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
Gr 1-4-- In a departure from her carefully researched historical fiction for older readers, Sutcliff here tells a romanticized story of Pippin, a tiny tan chihuahua who lives with a woman he calls Mommie. When, at age nine, he dies, he visits St. Francis in heaven and convinces him that he must make the long journey back to Earth to be with Mommie. Mommie, meanwhile, believing Pippin will be reincarnated, bides her time and watches for the birth of chihuahua puppies. In the spring, a puppy is born, and Pippin, now called Sebastian, is reunited with his mistress. This saccharine story mixes Christian images with those of reincarnation, and with the longings of many pet owners to resurrect a dead pet by obtaining a new one. While the book is somewhat rescued by an appropriately diminutive format, expressive black-and-white drawings, and flashes of Sutcliff's expressive prose, it still seems trite and overly personal. Judith Viorst's The Tenth Good Thing about Barney (Atheneum, 1971) and Carol Carrick's The Accident (Clarion, 1981) present more matter-of-fact pictures of grief and solace. --Barbara Chatton, College of Education, University of Wyoming, Laramie (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
《儿童读物杂志》(Horn Book)书评
In this curious story a chihuahua, intensely loved by its owner, dies, meets St. Francis in heaven, and is allowed to return to earth. The dog, conceived and reborn, is found by its owner, and they know each other. The notion seems bizarre, but the design is elegant, and the illustrations are endearing. The author skillfully builds a powerful sympathy in her description of the dog's fears of the unknown and of the loss of love. From HORN BOOK 1990, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus评论
After Pippin, a beloved Chihuahua, dies, he begs St. Francis to let him go back to his beloved mistress, Mammie--who, hoping that her faithful friend will return, manages to puzzle out the time and place of their joyful reunion. Though the plot sounds trite, Sutcliff's skillful pen turns the story to gold--an unsentimental portrait of an affectionate bond that will be familiar to any dog lover, while the difficulty posed by the painful discrepancy between the life spans of dog and human is resolved with a reincarnation that is both metaphorical and realistic: the new dog is not precisely Pippin--he has new markings and is given a new name--but he does represent a continuation of love. The format is as engaginly diminutive (4(apple)"" x 7"") as Pippin himself; Johnson's precise, gentle b&w illustrations add just the right touch. A well-wrought charmer. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.