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Illustrated by Henry Cole Adapted from an award-winning HBO animated special written by 3-time Tony Award-winning playwright and actor Harvey Fierstein (Torch Song Trilogy, Mrs. Doubtfire, Bullets over Broadway), this is a heart-warming tale about learning to embrace the special qualities we possess. Instead of building forts and playing sports like other boy ducklings, Elmer wants to bake cakes and put on the halftime show. He is great a big sissy. But when his father is wounded by a hunter, Elmer proves that the biggest sissy can also be the greatest hero.
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《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
K-Gr 3-Elmer is not like the other male ducklings. "They boxed while Elmer baked. When they built forts, Elmer made sand castles. They had a football game, and Elmer put on a puppet show." When they call him a sissy, his mother insists that he is simply special, and "being special sometimes scares those who are not." Eventually, he is threatened by the local bully, Drake, and when he runs instead of fighting, his embarrassed father declares, "He's no son of mine!" Heartbroken, Elmer runs away and sets up house deep in the forest. As the air turns cooler, he sneaks to the great pond to view his parents one last time before they fly south and sees his father shot by hunters. He takes him home and nurses him back to health, and when the flock returns in the spring, Elmer's father boasts about his son's bravery and loyalty. Fierstein's book, based on his award-winning animated HBO special, sends out a positive message about differences and acceptance. The cartoon images are bright and colorful. The characters are engaging, and their faces and body language are wonderfully expressive. Snappy dialogue and enhancing details abound, from Elmer's flowered backpack, to the framed picture of his parents he packs in his pillowcase before his departure. With its universal message, upbeat conclusion, and snappy illustrations, this book is sure to be a hit with children.-Heather E. Miller, Homewood Public Library, AL (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
出版社周刊评论
"Fierstein turns a gimlet eye to Hans Christian Andersen in this ducky tale," according to PW's starred review. "Cole makes a sympathetic hero of the skinny yellow nonconformist." Ages 5-8. (June) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
《儿童读物杂志》(Horn Book)书评
Young Elmer decorates cookies, shuns sports, and has a picture of Patsy Cline taped to his bedroom wall. In short, heÆs not like the other drakes. ItÆs no surprise when the picked-on duckling acts the hero and wins the flockÆs admiration in this superficial story, which gets a bit of a lift from the broadly comic, cartoony illustrations. From HORN BOOK Fall 2002, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus评论
No, Elmer isn't like the other boy ducklings; they box and play baseball, he bakes cakes and puts on puppet shows. Yes, Elmer is a great big sissy. When his dad complains that Elmer has made him the laughingstock of the flock, his mom reassuringly tells him he is special and someday will amaze everyone. That day happens when the flock flies south for the winter. As the ducks take to the sky, hunters shoot at them, wounding Papa. Elmer, who weeks before had swum away from home when his dad declared him "no son of his," witnesses the horrible scene and rescues Papa, nursing him through the winter in the hollow tree he has made his stylish home. When spring and the ducks return, they are amazed to see Papa and Elmer, now a hero. Elmer is endearing with Cole's colorful and sprightly illustrations combining line and style of Disney and Paul Galdone. The cover sets the tone, with Elmer wearing heart-shaped sunglasses and skipping as others watch disapprovingly. Portraits of Ethel Merman and Barbie adorn his wall and he carries a flowered backpack. For those who don't recognize the author's name, the layered double meaning in the book's message will be immaterial while the familiar story in a new guise will resonate with any kid who's felt like an "underduck." This heartwarming tale, based on Fierstein's HBO animated special, is just ducky. (Picture book. 5-8)
《书目》(Booklist)书评
Elmer is the happiest duckling in the whole forest, doing all the things he loves best: painting pictures, decorating cookies, sometimes even playing with the girls. But when Papa Duck insists he learn baseball like all the other boy ducks, Elmer fails miserably and, alas, is branded sissy(yes, a scarcely veiled term for homosexual). From that point on, there's no peace for the poor guy. Big bully Drake Duckling makes his life miserable at school, and although at home his mother assures him he's "special," and that he will amaze everyone, his Neanderthal father rejects him, angrily declaring, "He's no son of mine." Devastated, Elmer runs away to make a solitary new home for himself in the forest. He's admirably self-sufficient in the domestic department, but he's lonely and aches to see his parents once more. When hunting season comes, an accident delivers a surprising opportunity for Elmer to get his wish, and also to demonstrate to his father and to everyone else how very special and, indeed, amazing he really is. Based on playwright-actor Fierstein's animated HBO special of the same name, this picture book is something of a landmark title. Although it's not the first gay-themed book for youngsters, it's arguably the first one from a major trade publisher. The slender selection of previous efforts on this subject have, for the most part, come from smaller or specialty houses, most notably Alyson Publications, which has given us Michael Willhoite's Daddy's Roommate (1991) and Leslea Newman's Heather Has Two Mommies (1991). There have also been a handful of picture books dealing with AIDS--e.g., Newman's Too Far Away to Touch(Clarion, 1995) and Mary Kate Jordan's Losing Uncle Tim(Whitman, 1989)--and at least one about the subject of gay uncles, Judith Vigna's 1995 My Two Uncles, also published by Whitman. The point is that these books have seldom received wide distribution, and even more important, the gay characters in them are all adults. The one notable exception to this, a book that The Sissy Ducklingmarginally resembles, is Tomie de Paola's Oliver Button Is a Sissy(Harcourt, 1979). This semiautobiographical book is also the story of a boy who doesn't like to do "things boys are supposed to do." The difference is that Oliver Button--like Charlotte Zolotow's pioneering William's Baby(Harper, 1972)--is more focused on the issue of gender stereotyping than on homosexuality. Fierstein's book is much more in-your-face about this duckling's differences. As Elmer eventually declares, "I am a BIG SISSY and PROUD of it!" And the story concludes with a declaration that "out in the world Elmer met lots of other ducks just like himself." Elmer's gay identity is even more evident in the artwork. There's lots of pink in Henry Cole's wonderfully droll, personality-packed, cartoon illustrations: Elmer wears a pink bathing cap and sports snazzy, heart-shaped sunglasses at the beach; he carries his books in a flowered pink backpack; he dances around his new forest home wearing a pink apron and carrying a feather duster; and he decorates cookies with pink frosting. Perhaps most telling, though, is the picture of Ethel Merman hanging on his bedroom wall. All of this, including the glitter used on the jacket's book title (also in pink), is saved from any hint of didacticism by the obvious affection and good humor with which it's done, so children can enjoy the story on different levels. The story, moreover, is fueled by drama and character, and Elmer is such a lovable, sweet-spirited duck that readers of all ages can't help but chorus, "Hey, Elmer! You go, duckling!" Michael Cart.