The Gift of Driscoll Lipscomb - Hardcover

Yamaka, Sara

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 002793599X ISBN 13: 9780027935998

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 1995

Synopsis

On each of Molly's birthdays, Driscoll Lipscomb presents her with a paintbrush and a pot of color, with the power to create all manner of colorful things, and with the gift of everyday rainbows.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

A first book for both author and illustrator, this quiet tale tells of a girl who receives-in installments-a special gift from Driscoll Lipscomb, an adult friend who is an artist. "When I turned four, Driscoll gave me a brush and a pot of red paint. And for one year I painted tomatoes and apples and roses alongside Driscoll Lipscomb," Molly explains. On each subsequent birthday, the artist presents her with a pot of paint of another color, which defines the palette for her art during the year to follow. Finally, when Molly turns nine, she receives violet paint-as well as Driscoll's instructions: "Now you have a rainbow. Do with it what you want. Paint your dreams." Only after several years does Molly see that everything around her is "colored with Driscoll's rainbow." The cool and warm hues of a vibrant rainbow are effectively balanced in Kim's affectionate impressionistic acrylic paintings. Though precious in places ("I looked at the orange and red together and I saw the colors smile") and marred by a flat ending, Yamaka's narrative is inventive-and clearly written from the heart. Ages 4-8.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 3?The year that she turned four, Molly received a pot of red paint from her elderly artist friend, Driscoll Lipscomb. She painted tomatoes, and apples, and roses. The next year Driscoll gave her a pot of orange paint, and then yellow, green, blue, and purple. On her 12th birthday, when she visits her old friend, Molly sees all the colors of the rainbow in the world around her and she understands the nature of the gift she'd been given. Color is the central thread of this gentle story, and it blazes from every illustration of Molly, her friends, and her surroundings. The thickly painted pictures, layered with bold brush strokes that capture light and landscape in a sketchy, impressionistic style, are the perfect accompaniment to a poetic story meant to celebrate the ways in which art adds enjoyment to life.?Shirley Wilton, Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 002793599X
• ISBN 13: 9780027935998
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Kirn Heidi