The Dolphin Journey (English and Swedish Edition) - Hardcover

Orstadius, Brita; Didoff, Lennart

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9129591384 ISBN 13: 9789129591385

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1989

Synopsis

On a vacation with his family on a beautiful Greek island, Tanni is rescued by a dolphin, who in turn, has to be saved by the whole village

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Language Notes:

Text: English, Swedish (translation)

From School Library Journal:

Grade 1-2-- Young Pia is delighted to be spending the summer with her friend Ianni on a Greek isle, far from her native Sweden. Every day their play attracts a dolphin, which later rescues Ianni when he swims too far; the children reciprocate one hot night when they come upon it beached, and enlist the aid of the local villagers to drag it back to the water. Illustrations, done in a colorful paper-and-tissue collage technique, seem to shimmer with light, but are so stylized that Pia and her friends, despite exaggerated expressions, show little personality. The dolphin is given kind eyes, smiles and laughter, but also seems more a type than an individual. In a sidelong reference to other incidents of human/dolphin rescues, Orstadius comments, "There are many legends, but this was real life"--unfortunately, sunny locale and the international (not to say interspecies) cast don't compensate for the story's vague, lifeless prose. --John Peters, New York Public Library
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 9129591384
• ISBN 13: 9789129591385
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Illustrator: Didoff Lennart