D.B. Johnson
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- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Bostadsorter
- New Hampshire, USA
- Yrken
- cartoonist
illustrator
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Henry Hikes to Fitchburg av D.B. Johnson
Inspired by a passage from Henry David Thoreau's WALDEN, this wonderfully appealing story follows two friends who have very different approaches to life. When the two agree to meet one evening in Fitchburg, which is thirty miles away, each decides to get there in his own way and have surprisingly different days.
Exposure to art is equally important to a child’s development as reading. In his book, Magritte’s Marvelous Hat, D.B. Johnson infuses the joys of art and reading. Not only does Johnson name his character after René Magritte, his illustrations are riddled with references to the Belgian painter’s work. Interaction is also a must, so Johnson added in a few “clear” pages containing images that create new illustrations when they are turned. Johnson created a so much more than just a story about a dog painter and his marvelous hat, one that both parent and child can enjoy.… (mer)
The overall idea, illustrating Thoreau's point to his friend that going someplace on foot was more fulfilling than earning money to go there by train, is interesting. Most of the details, however, will be well over the audience's heads, whether it be the names of 19th-century American thinkers and authors, or the simple geography of greater Boston. If I were a greater fan of Johnson's art style or of the Transcendentalists, I might feel more enthusiastic, but I am not.
In the autumn Henry and his big dog Mudge watch the leaves turn, meet with some Halloween spooks and share Thanksgiving dinner.
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- 1,891
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- #13,598
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- 4.1
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