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La Grande Fabrique De Mots (2009)

by Agnès de Lestrade(Favorite Author)

4.56 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

2874261017 (ISBN13: 9782874261015)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Alice Editions

review 1: Powerful, touching, warm-hearted story! Phileas lives in a world where words are made at a factory. Only the rich can afford the valuable, creative, descriptive words. Phileas is not rich, people like him must hunt for words in trash cans, gutters, and if they are lucky, floating in the wind. Phileas has a special friend, Cybele. Her birthday is coming up, so Phileas saves up for three words to share with her. If he was rich, he would buy the words: I love you and happy birthday...but he is not, so he smiles instead. Oscar, is more privileged and tells Cybele that he loves her and knows they will marry someday. Phileas feels sad but shares the three words he scrounged up...they come out beautifully: cherry, ruby, and chimes. Cybele doesn't have any words and kisses Phileas... more in response. Phileas' story of expression shows us that you don't have to be rich to express yourself or win someone's heart; you just have to be sincere. The illustrations are just as beautiful, expressive, and lovely as this remarkable story.
review 2: Thw whole time I'm reading this book, I'm thinking that it is a great concept and sweetly done, but something is just off. Yeah, the subtitle is insipid. Okay, the illustrations are about words, and the words are largely in French, but that's just a quirk of translation. Then the end... wow what a horrid little lecture from the American Psychological Association. Now I get it. Thanks to other reviewers on Goodreads I learn a little history of the book and how the American edition is skewed by the APA and not really true to the original. I guess that's what is great about reading in a community. less

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