Little Ida's Flowers - Hardcover

Andersen, Hans Christian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399215719 ISBN 13: 9780399215711

Publisher: Philomel, 1989

Synopsis

Little Ida discovers the reason her flowers look so tired in the morning when they were so pretty the evening before.

About this title

Language Notes:

Text: English, Danish (translation)

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 3-- Nostalgic illustrations and a fine translation bring one of Andersen's lesser known tales to life. The story is slight but appealing: Ida, a young girl, wonders why her small bouquet of flowers that were so pretty the day before are now withered and limp. Her friend explains that the flowers attended a ball and danced so much that they are now exhausted. That night, Ida dreams of the flowers entering her house and dancing all night. When she awakes the next morning, the flowers are gone. Remembering the flowers' advice, Ida buries her withered bouquet in the garden so that they may grow again next summer. The language is simple and direct, yet very expressive. The text is accompanied by gentle colored pencil over watercolor illustrations in muted pastel blues, pinks, and greens. Allen keeps a remarkably consistent sense of light throughout the illustrations, creating a suitably dreamlike diffusion of color. The people and flowers are executed in a fairly realistic style that eliminates unnecessary details. As charming as the overall effect is, however, this book may have difficulty finding its audience. The relatively small size of the illustrations will limit its effectiveness as a book for sharing aloud, and the fey quality of the story will limit its appeal. Like the flowers, this book may be too delicate for broad appreciation. --Denise Anton Wright, Library Book Selection Service, Inc., Bloomington, IL
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Philomel
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0399215719
• ISBN 13: 9780399215711
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32