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Maximus and Vanilla, twin slaves, use all their wits to escape their cruel master, Slobbus Pompius.
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《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
Gr 2-5-Spiky-haired Maximus and his sister, (plain) Vanilla, literally slave for the slothful Slobbus Pompius and his vain wife. To save their friend, the master's spirited new horse Polydox, from being destroyed, they run away with the steed. Secretly entering him in the Emperor's Golden Cup chariot race, they win, only to have Slobbus claim the cup and demand revenge against the children. Before the Emperor can decide the fugitives' fate, the Ostrogoths threaten the city, and Maxi's friend Spontanius single-handedly defeats Wulfus the Unwashed One and saves Rome, winning the youngsters' and the horse's freedom in the bargain. Immaculate in white, and less squashed than the toga-clad adults, the twins don't really look oppressed. In fact, it's difficult to focus on them at all, what with the competition from the monumental architecture (each plinth adorned with a Latin tag: Pro Bono Publico, inter alia). The exuberance and excess look positively, well, Gothic, and Wulfus, with a beard like a bearskin, is a subversively attractive option. This historical romp in Rome, in rocking rhyme, is just as silly and as much fun as the rest of the Gerrard opus.-Patricia Lothrop-Green, St. George's School, Newport, 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
Young readers are again treated to an idiosyncratic view of history through the late Gerrard's (Wagons West!; Sir Cedric Rides Again) imaginatively distorted looking glass. In Ancient Rome, brother and sister twins Maximus and Vanilla are "doomed" to be slaves to the demanding, lazy Slobbus Pompius and his vain wife. Rhyming couplets spiritedly describe how Maxi and Vanilla perform legion tasks at home, and then, exhausted, must schlep their masters through the streets of town: "Not daring to complain, nonetheless the pair felt bitter,/ Forced to fetch and cart around two fatties on a litter." But Pompius stretches his luck too far when he instructs the twins to do away with his new horse Polydox, just because Polydox (in a vintage display of horse sense) refuses to obey him. Instead, spunky Maximus and Vanilla run away with the steed andafter two new friendships, a chariot race and a brush with Ostrogothsthey finally avenge their despicable master and mistress. Gerrard's paintings tweak traditional proportion and perspective to highly amusing end as the artist puts his distinctive stamp on such period particulars as togas and sandals, lavish mosaics and monumental architecture. But the most memorable visuals are his signature characters, as round as they are shorttheir scale and charm (at least that of the good guys) easily endear them to kids. Ages 4-8. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
《儿童读物杂志》(Horn Book)书评
(Younger) A tale of two mistreated slave children in ancient Rome is illustrated with Gerrard's trademark shortened-and-distorted figures and narrated in simple, bouncy verse. The slave twins, Maximus and Vanilla, are overworked by their cruel master, Slobbus Pompius, and his wife. Besides long hours working at home, they must carry Slobbus and his wife in a litter through Rome. The purchase of the horse Polydox inspires their escape after Slobbus threatens to kill him and use him for meat. After many vicissitudes, they win a chariot race and practically single-handedly save Rome from an invasion by the Ostrogoths, led by Wulfus, the Unwashed One. The illustrations are notable for texture and architectural detail, and well-known Latin maxims such as Labor omnia vincit and Pax vobiscum, while bearing little relationship to the plot, are scattered around, adding a little local color to the story (if not, perhaps, authenticity). The charm of the whole absurd conception is only accentuated by the ridiculous, squat figures and the rather tatty rhymes. A jolly, funny read. a.a.f. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus评论
Gerrard (Wagons West!, 1996, etc.) takes on Goths and the Roman Empire with a uniquely upended story of twins. Maximus and his twin sister Vanilla are the child-slaves of the mean Slobbus Pompius. When he threatens to kill his unruly new horse, the children steal the horse and run away. Pursued by Slobbus and Roman soldiers, they hide with the kindly Spontanius and his wive, Chubbia, until the day of an annual chariot race, which they enter and win. During the award ceremony the barbarian Goths advance on the city; Spontanius and the others destroy the bridge to Rome, thus saving the city and earning their freedom. Told in rhyming verse, the genial book is inhabited by Gerrard's characteristically dwarfish people, living among extraordinarily detailed buildings. (Picture book. 4-8)
《书目》(Booklist)书评
Ages 5^-8. Set in ancient Rome, Gerrard's latest picture book features two slave children, Maximus and his sister, Vanilla, who labor in the house of a cruel master, Slobbus Pompius, and his lazy wife, Lady Pompius. When Slobbus decides to kill his horse, Polydox, the children flee with the friendly steed. Then they save the city from the Ostrogoths, and the emperor grants the children their freedom. Although the setting is historical, the plot is fanciful. No matter. Children will enjoy the action and the sympathetic trio of Maximus, Vanilla, and Polydox. Peopled with Gerrard's signature short, stout characters, the ink-and-watercolor artwork offers plenty to catch the eye: distinctly Roman settings, some elaborate mosaic and architectural borders, and the occasional Latin motto to ponder. The text marches on and on, rhymed couplet by rhymed couplet, but the book's engaging innocence of spirit prevails, carrying children through to the happy ending. --Carolyn Phelan