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Monkey For Sale - Hardcover

Stanley, Sanna

 
9780374350178: Monkey For Sale
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0374350175 ISBN 13: 9780374350178
Verlag: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2002

Inhaltsangabe

It's market day in a Congolese village!

It's market day in Luzolo's village, and she has a five-franc coin to spend. Her parents tell her on market day, "No one gets something for nothing." She must choose wisely, they say, and bargain for a fair price. Then she and her friend Kiese discover that Mama Lusufu has a wild monkey for sale. They offer to trade their new purchases for the monkey, but Mama Lusufu has her eye on a new water jug made by Kiese's mother, who in turn wants a piece of embroidery made by Luzolo's mother. Luzolo's mother wants four tin cups, and the tin cup salesman wants a basket for his wife . . .

With etchings combined with vibrant collage, Sanna Stanley tells a lively story about two friends who embark on an elaborate chain of barter and bargaining to rescue a monkey.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Sanna Stanley grew up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire). Her two previous picture books, Monkey Sunday and The Rains Are Coming, are also drawn from her childhood experiences in the Congo. She now lives in Branford, Connecticut.

Rezensionen

Kindergarten-Grade 2-Two girls make a series of trades in order to free a captured monkey. Set in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the story conveys the excitement of Market Day. Luzolo has a five-franc coin to spend. Her parents caution her to choose wisely and bargain for a fair price. When she and Kiese discover that a village woman has captured a wild monkey to sell as a pet, the friends make it their mission to free it. The illustrations consist of backgrounds done in several tones of brown, contrasted with brightly colored clothes, fruits, and plants. The style is unique, combining "two printmaking processes: etching and hand-painted Chine coll‚ on mulberry paper." When the girls finally get the monkey, they release it in the jungle. A simple story, sweetly rendered.
Lucinda Snyder Whitehurst, St. Christopher's School, Richmond, VA
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

In the follow-up to Monkey Sunday, Monkey for Sale by Sanna Stanley, young Luzolo is back and, together with her friend Kiese, she arranges to free a monkey captured by a greedy vendor at the market. Delicate etchings in luxurious jungle hues trace the two girls' efforts to orchestrate a chain of trades to save the monkey just in time.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Ages 2-5. Like Stanley's The Rains Are Coming (1993), this cheerful picture book is set in a village community in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Stanley grew up as a missionary child. Luzolo and her friend Kiese have fun bartering on market day, and they share Luzolo's red nail polish and Kiese's strands for weaving bracelets. But when they find a monkey for sale, they are driven to rescue it. They bargain urgently from one stall to another--embroidery for pottery for tin cups for handwoven baskets--until they can pay for the monkey and set him free in the forest. Neither exotic nor reverential, the lively illustrations combine etchings with detailed prints on colored paper to create a vital sense of daily life and of two kids who make a difference. Hazel Rochman
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Verlag
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Erscheinungsdatum
2002
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0374350175
ISBN 13 
9780374350178
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Zeichner
Stanley Sanna
Anzahl der Seiten
32
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