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According to Mayan legend, Chac is one of the gods of the sky who control rain, wind, thunder, and lighting. With his bottomless gourd of rain, his bag of winds, his booming drum, and his flashing ax, Chac is a mighty lord. But all his powers can't give him the patience to handle a mischievous mortal boy he plucks from the forest to be his servant. This particular boy rarely does what he's told on Earth, much less in the heavens...
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《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
K-Gr 4-When the god Chac dives down to earth to steal a child, he gets more than he bargained for. The boy he snatches to be his servant causes endless trouble. One day, after being severely punished, the child seeks revenge. He steals the god's rain-making tools and unintentionally wreaks havoc with the weather. Frightened, he runs away and falls into the sea-to Chac's content. The boy is eventually reunited with his family, who naturally don't believe a word of the dubious tale he tells them. Rockwell's playful watercolors lined in pen fill the pages and mirror the child's mischievous nature. Luminous color and delightful details abound-abundant greenery and flowers, swirling clouds in shades of pink, and a monkey that watches the story unfold from the corner of each double-page spread. There are also many nods to the culture: a scaly, bewhiskered god; jaguar skins; and glyphlike bands of symbols across the top of pages. An entertaining, appealing addition to folklore collections.-Daryl Grabarek, School Library Journal (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
When a minor Mayan god of rain and thunder takes a mischievous boy as his servant, trouble ensues. Inspired by the art on Mayan ceramic vases, the pen and watercolor illustrations rendered in a mellow palette of blues, pinks, and greens, with flat perspectives and decorative borders, are an attractive match for this traditional tale. The volume includes an author's foreword. Bib. From HORN BOOK Fall 2000, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus评论
In mythology, disobeying the gods is generally a Bad Idea, but in this retold Mayan tale it leads to a happy ending. Deciding that he needs a new servant, rain god Chac snatches a lad known (except to Chac, of course) for his willfulness. An ensuing series of mishaps culminates in the boy's expropriation of Chac's thunder, lightning, rain, and wind--all of which run destructively wild. Infuriated, Chac blasts the boy back where he came from, the net result being a joyful family reunion. Rockwell (Show and Tell Day, 2000) draws motifs and details from classical Mayan art for her brightly colored, page-filling scenes, and depicts Chac as a comic figure, green-haired, covered in blue scales, with a long handlebar mustache waving beneath an oversized nose. This story has not appeared in picture-book form since Betty Baker's No Help at All, illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully (1978), and like several more recently recast Mayan myths, reveals a lighter side to a mysterious, little-known culture. (introduction, source notes) (Picture book/folktale. 79) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
《书目》(Booklist)书评
Gr. 2^-4. Chac, the occasionally malicious Mayan god of the sky, comes up against a disobedient human boy. He snatches up the child and orders him to be a servant, punishing him "cruelly" when the boy won't cooperate. Finally, the boy steals Chac's tools, including the bag that holds the winds and the ax that makes lightning, but like Tomie dePaola's Big Anthony, the child can't control the magical tools as well as their owner can. It's difficult to predict how children may react to the story. Some will surely find the duel of wills humorous, but others will be horrified by the boy's predicament. Rockwell's ink-lined watercolors are characteristically cheery as they incorporate elements from traditional Mayan art. A particularly nice touch is the appearance of Monkey on each text page, looking at and reacting to the illustration on the facing page. Sources for art and story are included at the back, and Rockwell gives brief background information on the Maya in an opening note. --Susan Dove Lempke