Sing, Pierrot, Sing: A Picture Book in Mime

By Tomie dePaola

Book Overview

Long ago and without fail, three characters brought delight to audiences: the pantalooned Pierrot; Columbine, ever saucy and adroit; and Harlequin her lover, full of good natured drolleries and amusing tricks. From the legacy left by French pantomime and the Italian commedia dell'arte, this original story in pictures has been fashioned, with a special kind of ending to transcend time. The words, as in all mime, are in the eyes of the listener.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0152749888
• ISBN13: 9780152749880
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.8" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 7 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 2 and higher

Customer Reviews

Sing, Pierrot, Sing tells a story without benefit of a song

In this wordless storybook, Tomie De Paola, the beloved creator of Strega Nona, illustrates the classic triangle between the lovelorn Pierrot, the winsome Columbine, and her true love, the mischevious Harlequin. What Pierrot cannot find in Columbine's heart, he finds in the children who implore him to sing with them. I have read this book with my two-year old, and she delights in finding the story for herself. I love that she is being introduced to the world of Commedia dell'arte, but doesn't care, all she knows is that she is happy and sad and happy with her "Pierrot".