Emeline at the Circus

by Marjorie Priceman

Book Overview

From Caldecott Honor artist Priceman comes a hilarious and spectacularly illustrated picture book about the things you can learn--and the mischief you can make--at the circus. A New York Times Best... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439217881
• ISBN13: 9780439217880
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: SCHOLASTIC INC. @
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Frenetic Illustrations

I found the quality of the illustrations very uneven. It can be difficult to follow Emeline from page to page, which is the comic premise. I enjoyed the book and recommend it, but counsel modest expectations on the illustration. Some are fabulous. All are delightfully bright and intense.

Marjorie Price meets Raoul Dufy

The artwork is exceptional. Elephants, giraffes, tigers, clowns and of course Emeline move through the pages with unequaled grace and cheerfulness. What appears to be a blotch of primary colours at first glance is almost magically transformed into subtle and tender characters who might justly be called the sophisticated french painter Raoul Dufys great-grand-children. Two-year-old readers already take delight in following the hidden plot which the adult reader is likely to miss at first reading. A wonderful surprise and sweet lesson for the rereading parent. However, dont overwhelm little ones with the text. Miss Splinters commentary is more likely to find an interested and laughing audience in 5-7 year-old children.