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Silver Donkey by Sonya Hartnett with illustrations by Don Powers is juvenile historical fiction about two young girls who befriend a soldier they come across in the woods near their home.
He is blind and needs to get home to his sick brother, This is a wonderful book for all ages, young and old, I got into it right away and the stories that the soldier tells the young girls are really, really good! This is the kind of book you could read again and again! That being said, it is my book of the month so far for June.
LOVED IT!
Gerard's review
I thought The Silver donkey by Sonya Hartnett was okay, I enjoyed the stories about donkeys that the soldier told the kids, The soldier becomes blind because he's seen so many terrible things in the war and decides to just go home so he winds up in some woods where two little girls find him.
They help him and he tells them stories about a donkey and shows them his little silver donkey good luck charm, The girls get their brother to help them think how to help the soldier get home,
Karen's review,I love this book, Its a great and simple one to read between books or series, and I enjoy reading it in my spare time, as I have over the past few days.
Its a poignant and touching story, or rather, story of stories, that still warms my heart despite having read it twice before, I highly recommend this to people of all ages it might be easy enough for a child to read, but the message behind it is one everyone should explore.
I have now read all of Sonya Hartnett's novels, I still love them all, This one is for a younger audience, possibly even younger than Children of the King, Would be a great book for young readers looking for human perspectives of war, as it tells from the eyes of adults, and children,
This is set through WW, and it does a wonderful job of portraying the time, Not as intense, or, imo, as eloquent amp moving, as the other Hartnett books I've read, Though a reread might
prove me wrong, More accessible, more of an adventure, Still not for the youngest, most sensitive children or for those who need pageaminute action, Somewhat of a fable, and somewhat Literary, Highly recommended to the mature reader, delightful.
was mind blowing! made me cry, . . Apparently simple, but so beautifully done, with lovely and haunting writing, There are some sad scenessome very sadbut I thought it was really a very moving book, Not everyone will agree with all the points, I think, but it was very touching and welldone, Una preciosa historia que cuenta a su vez concuentos dentro de él, Me ha encantado. More of a revisiting than a first read, I picked up Harnett's book in all it's beautiful hardback splendour, With its greemwooded cover and embossed silver donkey to its dreamlike endpapers lovingly crafted by Laura Carlin, it's a palmsized gentle story which resonates through Harnett's tender prose.
Set at some point during the Great War, two young French sisters, Marcelleand Coco, venture into the wood near their farm to discover a blind, hungry soldier who has escaped the Front's atrocities.
With only care and curiosity at the forefront of their mind, they choose to keep him a secret from the townspeople and feed him, In return he tells them stories inspired by the little silver donkey that he always carried in his hand,
The allegorical stories themselves interject the children's visits and are there for him to share with the girls and other visitors: what it is about life that is worth living for.
It is a story that is sure to embed itself within the mind of the young reader ready to be revisited and reimagined as they grow into the world.
Harnett stays cautiously away from overt didacticism and instead leaves interpretation of the tales to the reader, The story has a beautiful, hopeful close,
cest livre tres magnifique! j'aime ca,
This book is amazing, it sounds so much like a classic fairytale by the way it's written, It's about a Luteinant which escaped World warand, . alright that's all I can say, It's just so beautifully written, I shall add this to my favorites too! "Will you be alright, Monsieur, here in the woods by yourself
The silver donkey belongs to the trustworthy and the brave.
Uma das maiores surpresas dos últimos meses!
Opinião completa no blogue: sitelink blogspot. pt/l This "war story" entertained and engaged both me and my little one with its straightforward approach to storytelling,
Breakdown: two little girls find a soldier in the woods who has deserted from the war, Y'know, 'cause it's hell and all, This soldier has gone psychosomatically blind due to seeing too many horrors, They make friends. They share stories. And they hatch a plan,
Our favorite parts were the 'morality tales' featured as storieswithinstories, The soldier tells a few tales about donkeys, And after these tales, and this book, you'll never look at donkeys the same way again,
/This book is simply magical, It taps deep down to the core of being a child and learning the values of life, I really liked this book so much, For it did not only made feel luke a child again but made me think whats more important other than self, I feel very lucky to have accidentaly found this one in a second hand bookstore in delicately immaculate condition, It is as good as new, Moreover, the story itself is a hidden gem, Worth reading and passing to others, Love this book we do it in yearat our school, Easy read great book to read with your own children, Duas irmãs encontram no bosque próximo à sua casa um soldado desertor, Ele está faminto e cego e não pode ser encontrado pelo exército, Tudo o que ele quer é voltar para sua casa a fim de rever seus pais e especialmente seu irmão mais novo que estava próximo da morte quando teve que partir.
Para isso contará com a ajuda dessas duas crianças para atravessar o canal e com seu amuleto da sorte: um burrinho prateado presenteado por seu querido irmão.
Enquanto esperam um plano que o possibilite retornar para casa em segurança, o soldado conta a elas quatro histórias tendo como personagem a figura do burro, animal que simboliza a docilidade, humildade e resistência.
O livro foi emprestado por minha filha é uma forma delicada de abordar com as crianças os horrores da guerra,
Histórico de leitura
"Era uma manhã fria de primavera, Em um bosque próximo ao mar, duas garotas encontraram um homem encolhido à sombra das árvores, Achando que estava morto, fugiram aos gritinhos, agarrandose pelas mãos, " This story was touching and written so beautifully that I wished for more, It is a short, fairly quick read, and so very worth it, arada çocuk kitapları iyidir : One morning in the woods of France, a blinded soldier, is found by two sisters, Coco and Marcelle, The soldier tells the sisters tales, connected to the keepsake he carries in his pocket, a silver donkey, As the days pass, the sisters learn the truth behind the silver donkey and what the precious object means, Shamelessly bought this book for the Laura Carlin illustrations, yet this book did succeed in making me love donkeys, Marcelle and Coco, two French girls living in a coastal farming and fishing village during World War I have discovered a secret, They stumbled across a a new friend Lieutenant Shepard, The girls think "Lieutenant" is a funny name, but they are delighted with their new friend's tiny silver donkey charm and in exchange for stories, they help him to find his way home to his ill brother.
Through Lieutenant Shepard's stories, the children learn about loyalty, humility, courage, and the importance of family, Can they find a way to help their new friend find his way across the English channel
This book is slow, I think my nieces would declare it boring, They would be turned off by the preachy, moral fables and the depiction of wartime violence, Lieutenant Shepard destered the British Army, That's treason and if they find out when they find out he could be executed, Since he is blind, he must rely on two silly young girls about the ages of my nieces, While I felt sorry for the soldier and wanted him to see his brother one last time, I wonder what good that will do He'd have to go on the run again! The plot moves slowly over the course of a few days.
In between the exciting "will he make it" adventure plot, the soldier tells storiesfables and moral tales to the children,
The first story is from the Bible, stripped of religious elements, The focus is now on the donkey, It would be a sweet story if it wasn't so familiar, It seemed odd to hear the story without the divine and the shepherds and everything, I like it better this way, being a huge animal lover, My heart broke at the end of the story,
The second story must take place in India, During a drought the people and animals try to force the sky to bring rain, Only one creature figures out what to do,
The next story is a war story with all the horrors that accompany it, The end was shocking and I didn't expect it, I thought it was the soldier's true story, The true story is about his brother who is ill and not expected to live very long, This is a sad story,
This book reads like a classic from thes the ones I used to read growing up that were not my favorites but kept me occupied.
Um livro infantil que pode levar qualquer adulto às lágrimas, Uma história com outras histórias que, a par de umas ilustrações fantásticas, consegue transmitir as mais belas mensagens, Uma das surpresas do ano para mim! I picked up this book on a whim at a thrift store because the illustrations and setting caught my eye.
What a little gem it turned out to be! It would make a wonderful read aloud, If one is aiming to slowly introduce young children to WWI/WWII without overwhelming them, this could have a place in that aim,
I found the three siblings realistic, relatable, and endearing, Lovely read. Will have to reread for further analysis for my university requirements, which I don't mind at all! Il libro è ambientato in Francia durante la Grande Guerra, e vuole fare riflettere sull'inutile sacrificio di tanti uomini, non solo con il racconto principale, ma anche con alcune delle storie che il soldato inglese un disertore accecato dalle esplosioni racconta alle due bambine che lo ritrovano nel bosco.
Tutti i racconti hanno in comune il protagonista, un asino che non è sempre lo stesso, a causa del piccolo asinello d'argento portafortuna che il soldato ha con sé.
Il risultato è un libro con una struttura un po' stile "Cuore", commovente ma non troppo coinvolgente, For so few pages this little novel has left a large impression on me, simply magic!
the language makes you want to read it out loud poetry, I especially enjoyed the tail of the donkey on the mountain,
and i found out later that it also includes a Christmas tale! Sonya Hartnett also works under the pseudonym sitelink Cameron S, Redfern is, or was, something of an Australian child prodigy author, She wrote her first novel at the age of thirteen, and had it published at fifteen, Her books have also been published in Europe and North America, Her novels have been published traditionally as young adult fiction, but her writing often crosses the divide and is also enjoyed by adults, I chose to narrate the story through a child because people like children, they WANT to like them, says Sonya Hartnett of THURSDAYS CHILD, her brilliantly original coming of age story set during the Great Depression.
Harper the young narrator is the reason you get sucked into the characters, Even I, who like to distance mysel Sonya Hartnett also works under the pseudonym sitelink Cameron S, Redfern is, or was, something of an Australian child prodigy author, She wrote her first novel at the age of thirteen, and had it published at fifteen, Her books have also been published in Europe and North America, Her novels have been published traditionally as young adult fiction, but her writing often crosses the divide and is also enjoyed by adults, "I chose to narrate the story through a child because people like children, they WANT to like them," says Sonya Hartnett of THURSDAY'S CHILD, her brilliantly original coming of age story set during the Great Depression.
"Harper the young narrator is the reason you get sucked into the characters, Even I, who like to distance myself from my characters, felt protective of her, "The acclaimed author of several award winning young adult novels the first written when she was justAustralian native Sonya Hartnett says she wrote THURSDAY'S CHILD in a mere three months.
"It just pulled itself together," she says, "I'd wanted to set a story in the Depression for some time, in an isolated community that was strongly supportive, Once the dual ideas of the boy who tunneled and the young girl as narrator gelled, it almost wrote itself I had the cast, I had the setting, I just said 'go.
' " Accustomed to writing about edgy young adult characters, Sonya Hartnett says that identifying with a seven year old protagonist was a challenge at first, "I found her difficult to approach," she admits, "I'm not really used to children, But once I started, I found you could have fun with her: she could tell lies, she could deny the truth, " Whereas most children know "only what adults want them to know," the author discovered she could bypass that limitation by "turning Harper into an eavesdropper and giving her older siblings to reveal realities.
"In her second book with Candlewick Press, WHAT THE BIRDS SEE, Sonya Hartnett once again creates a portrait of childhood, This time the subject is Adrian, a nine year old boy living in the suburbs with his gran and Uncle, For Adrian, childhood is shaped by fear: his dread of quicksand, shopping centers, and self combustion, Then one day, three neighborhood children vanish an incident based on a real case in Australia in thes and Adrian comes to see just how tenuous his safety net is.
In speaking about Adrian, the author provocatively reveals parallels between herself and her character, She says, "Adrian is me in many respects, and many of the things that happen to him happened to me, "Sonya Hartnett's consistently inspired writing has built her a legion of devotees, Of THURSDAY'S CHILD, Newbery Honor winning author Carolyn Coman says, "Hartnett's beautifully rendered vision drew me in from the very start and carried me along, above and under ground, to the very end.
This book amazed me. " The achingly beautiful WHAT THE BIRDS SEE has just as quickly garnered critical acclaim, Notes PUBLISHERS WEEKLY in a starred review, "Hartnett again captures the ineffable fragility of childhood in this keenly observed tale Sophisticated readers will appreciate the work's acuity and poetic integrity.
" Sonya Hartnett's third young adult novel, STRIPES OF THE SIDESTEP WOLF was named an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults, Sonya Hartnett lives near Melbourne, Australia, Her most recent novels are SURRENDER, a mesmerizing psychological thriller, and THE SILVER DONKEY, a gently told fable for middle grade readers, sitelink.