Lo spaventapasseri e il suo servitore

This is a delightful little story, for children and adults alike. A scarecrow is struck by lightning, and comes to life; he recruits a young lad named Jack as his personal servant, and having nothing better to do the two embark on a grand adventure, complete with an army episode, entrangement on a s Leggi tutto

All I had previously read from Pullman was the His Dark Materials books. I picked this up purely on the strength of Pullman's name. I asked myself lots of questions while reading this book. Questions like: Is this book supposed to be an allegory? Is it supposed to be coherent? Was that an attempt at Leggi tutto

داستان مترسک و خدمتکارش،ماجرای سر راستی، دارد.داستان پسر بی خانمانی به نام جک که همراه یک مترسک میشود و به پیشنهاد مترسک،میشود خدمتکارش!!! این دو با هم به دل جاده میزنند و ماجراپشت ماجرا،بر سرشان می آید که با هوش و درایت جک و بعضا مهر و عطوفت مترسک به حل مسائل پیش رویشان می پردازند.داستان لطیفی یه،د Leggi tutto

Beautifully and humorously written; this was such a romp! The Scarecrow’s antics are absolutely priceless. The author perfectly captured the “foreignness” of his thought process and the misunderstandings that were constantly popping up like flower bulbs throughout the story line. His servant, Jack, Leggi tutto

Buku-bukunya Pullman selalu menawarkan cerita yang menarik serta lain dari pada yang lain, punya keunikan dan seperti membelot dari jalur. Seperti buku "Si Boneka Jerami dan Pelayannya" ini. Membayangkan sebuah boneka jerami hidup dan melakukan petualangan serta mempunyai seorang pelayan yang setia

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I felt a little disappointed at the beginning of this story. After that, I realized that I just needed to work my way through it and see where it was going to take me. After that, I found myself enjoying the occasional play on words and tongue in cheek phrases that the author introduced. I even foun Leggi tutto

This really is a wonderful fairy tale. It has all the good qualities of a classic fairy tale -- imaginative, journeys, adventures, colorful characters, and bad-guys who are obviously bad. The young boy, Jack, has sense enough to know that everything is quite odd -- what with his master being a turnip Leggi tutto