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In this timeless story set on the West Coast, an old man lives alone on a bluff overlooking the sea and tends his garden. And waits. Only when the whales return each year to the bay in front of his cottage is his loneliness eased. One day, his daughter and her baby return home to live with the old man, bringing a renewed sense of purpose to his life. As his granddaughter grows, the old man passes on a wealth or knowledge and wisdom as well as his passion for the whales. And each year they wait together for the whales to appear.
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《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
K-Gr 3-- In this quiet story, an old man lives simply, gardening, walking in the woods, and waiting for the whales that travel up and down the coast on which he lives. One spring, his daughter and her baby come to live with him. As the child grows, he shares with her his love of whales. After he dies, the girl and her mother carry on the same life, consoled by the thought that he is now with the whales in spirit. The text, although a bit too repetitive, reads smoothly. The lovely colored-pencil drawings, which have a sculptural, formal quality to them, beautifully capture the sense of waiting and stillness. Lightburn is especially skillful in his use of light and shadows, and in depicting mist and ocean spray. He also adds a nice touch with the hat that the grandfather usually wore, which the girl has on her head at the end. An impressive debut for a Canadian author and illustrator. --Kathleen Odean, Moses Brown School, Providence, RI (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
出版社周刊评论
Already the winner of the Canadian National Book Award, this luminous picture book--a first effort for both collaborators--tells the simple story of an old man who lives alone in a house overlooking the sea. His life has assumed a cozy regularity to match the seasons: collecting firewood and clams in wintertime; planting his garden in the spring; and, in summer, watching his beloved orca whales swimming by. When his daughter comes to visit one spring with a new infant, the man has someone with whom to share his love of the natural world--especially the whales. Written in precisely cadenced prose, McFarlane's story about thecycles of life--while not a new theme--is so deftly handled that it becomes genuinely moving. (The old man dies, and his daughter comforts the child: ``Don't be sad, sweet girl. Your grandfather's spirit has gone to leap and swim with the whales.'') The meticulousness of Lightburn's pastel drawings perfectly complements this gentle scenario--his use of light and shade, for example, proves remarkable. One drawing in particular, of the old man and his granddaughter examining a small branch in the woods, serves as a compelling portrait of intergenerational love that sums up this book's joyous, life-affirming mood. Ages 4-up. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
《儿童读物杂志》(Horn Book)书评
The powerful love between a grandfather and granddaughter is related with simplicity and grace. As the girl grows up, her grandfather teaches her how to plant seeds, recognize trees, and, most of all, watch for the whales that return each summer. After he dies, she watches with fierce intensity. The illustrations, with their strong lines and luminous colors, are stunning. From HORN BOOK 1993, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus评论
In an award-winning Canadian book, an old man's sense of harmony with the orcas (killer whales) he observes from his clifftop later helps his family accept his death. The man is a gardener whose pleasures are raising an overabundance of vegetables and watching the orcas' seasonal return. When his daughter and her baby come, unexpectedly, to live with him, he's gruff at first, but he and his granddaughter form a close, companionable bond. In time, she and her mother take over the garden; when the old man dies just as the orcas return, the mother suggests that his ``spirit has gone to leap and swim with the whales.'' Next summer, spotting a calf swimming by its mother, the child is convinced that this is true. The gentle, distancing tone is reflected in softly detailed color-pencil art, with careful compositions and dramatic shadows that pay tribute to Van Allsburg, though the mood here is stability rather than dynamic tension. Poetic and comforting. (Picture book. 4-9) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
《书目》(Booklist)书评
Ages 4-8. A quiet picture book from Canada celebrates the wild, solitary places. An old man alone on an island works his huge garden and waits each summer for the whales to come close to the shore. He walks in the woods he's known all his life. When his daughter comes home and brings her small daughter, the old man shows his grandchild his world, and together they wait for the whales. The human connection across generations with the wide natural world is expressed in the rhythmic text and the framed colored-pencil drawings. When the old man dies, the child's loss is quietly portrayed in the picture of his hat on the porch in the shadows at her feet. Then there's the final joyful picture of the whales cutting through the water at sunset, a new calf among them. ~--Hazel Rochman
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The old man watched the pod of orcas leap and breach and smack their tail flukes against the water. And as he stood on the bluff, his heart leapt with the whales below. It seemed to him that there was nothing more wonderful than these great mammals of the sea. Excerpted from Waiting for the Whales by Sheryl McFarlane All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.目录
The old man watched the pod of orcas leap and breach and smack their tail flukes against the water |
And as he stood on the bluff, his heart leapt with the whales below |
It seemed to him that there was nothing more wonderful than these great mammals of the sea |