Bonkers Fellini

By Jeanne Titherington

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688150284
• ISBN13: 9780688150280
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.4" x 12.3"
• Age Range: 4 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 3 and higher

Customer Reviews

The Spiritual Depth of Bonkers Fellini

Ms. Titherington's illustrations are, as always, superb: colorful and meticulously rendered. Her text, while very spare, has great depth. Read the quote from Charles Wesley which precedes the title page; this will give you a hint of the book's deeper meaning. The little boy is alone--as we all are, ultimately--with himself, with the various parts of his own personality, but also with God. Bonkers Fellini (the Big Fella?) tells the boy, "Where you go, there I go. What you do, that I do. Who you are, I am too. If you ask, I will answer. And when we part, I'm never far..." Whether one prefers a (Jungian?) psychological take on this, or a spiritual one, it is to me a fascinating and subtle introduction to a child of a certain way of thinking about life and being "alone" in a mystical and positive way. Of course there are no other people in the illustrations, despite their setting in an amusement park. The book is about a child's inner life: when you are alone, who is still there?