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The Big Little Book Of Happy Sadness. Colin Thompson (1971)

by Colin Thompson(Favorite Author)

3.97 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1741662575 (ISBN13: 9781741662573)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Random House (Australia)

review 1: The Big Little Book of Happy Sadness is a narrative about a little boy named George who is being taken care of by his grandmother where he feels lonely and sad. One day, he goes to the pet shelter where he finds a dog that reminds him of himself. Jeremy the three legged dog, who only has one day left before he gets put to sleep, gets adopted by George and his grandmother. As a literacy teacher, I would use this text because of it’s strong vocabulary (ex. verdigris, reflection, dignified) and it’s loving nature of being a good friend. The text is great for students to understand the concept of helping others and giving someone love who is in need. It touches the concept of a child who isn’t raised by his parents and how difficult that can be. After reading a bio... moregraphy about the author and illustrator, Colin Thompson, he puts a lot of himself in his character, George. After never meeting his father, he is sharing a story about what seems to be a broken family and sharing about his celebration of seeking for a new family. Thompson does a wonderful job a portraying a little boy in search for happiness. The imagery in the story is sweet and at times silly which makes it eye catching for children. This story definitely shares about a different type of family and how some children, in a way, are adopted by their grandparents.
review 2: Who could imagine that a 3 legged dog close to heaven, (where those unloved wait for their time according to some humans), would unite a grandmother and a young boy and give the boy his first taste of unconditional love and a glowing sense of being. Sadly, the happy moments seem to become a little overly dramatised right at the end of the book. Perhaps there could have been another journey on the horizon! less

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