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April the Red Goldfish (Hardcover)
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April the Red Goldfish (Hardcover)
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List price R288
Loot Price R226
Discovery Miles 2 260
You Save R62 (22%)
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From the creator of Little Red Hood...Meet April. A young goldifsh
seeking worldy adventures. And the meaning of life. Marjolaine
Leray's iconic red scribbles are back! From the same
author-illustrator as the best-selling and much reviewed Little Red
Hood, comes this exceptionally clever, witty and oh so stylish tale
of a young fish's search for meaning of life and what means to be
trapped in one's own goldfish bowl.April the Red Goldfish is not a
book for very young children; it is a picturebook for older
children with huge crossover teenage / adult gift appeal. For any
young person desperate to fly the nest or about to embark on their
first solo travels, this little fish could be the perfect gift. -
REVIEWS - "Philosophical and about overcoming. A wide-eyed
goldfish, April, is "searching for the meaning of life". There is a
particularly comic spread in which April, fearing that life has no
meaning, contemplates rows of empty goldfish bowls, with a fish
skeleton at the bottom of the last one. Leray's piquant wit is
everywhere and when April dreams of taming wild animals, the beast
on show is, plainly, a yellow rubber duck. (For tormented
sophisticates of all ages.)" -- Kate Kellaway, OBSERVER. "Surreal,
scribbled account of teen goldfish's angst-ridden rebellion.
Disconcertingly funny" -- Imogen Russel Williams, METRO"The story
of this soul-searching goldfish is witty and droll, particularly
because goldfish are often seen as the most insignificant and
pointless pets. This yearning to break the mould of expectations is
a recurrent theme in Leray's work, as is her minimalist palette,
predominantly of red and black and her scribbly artwork. But as a
picturebook for older readers, it will undoubtedly speak to those
teens who feel that they are not completely comfortable with their
place in the world and are yearning for something more" -- LIBRARY
MICE. "An expressively drawn, very red story about a gloomy
goldfish, with some fine jokes" -- Lorna Bradbury, THE TELEGRAPH.
"Marjolaine Leray returns with her trademark red scribbles in this
exceptionally clever, witty and stylish tale of a young fish's
search for the meaning of life and what it means to be trapped in
one's own goldfish bowl" -- LANCASHIRE EVENING POST. "April The Red
Goldfish is a wickedly funny tale, crammed full of wit and
personality...A triumph." -- THE ILLUSTRATED FOREST
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