Anna, la bambina del mare

Annie Lumsden can’t focus on letters or numbers in school, and she quickly decides to simply leave. She finds pure joy and delight when she swims in the sea and lies on the rocks at the beach. It’s the stories of her mum and the coming of a stranger that helps Annie come to an understanding of where Leggi tutto

David Almond gives readers beautiful, complex characters. I'm rarely sure they are real but perhaps are meant mostly as metaphors? Annie Lumsden, at thirteen, is perfectly content to live in a shack with her mother by the sea, listening to her mother's tales, telling us her own tale. She has not go

As with most of Almond's stories, this is a tale whose liminality crosses between the reader asking what is and is not real and how much belief they have within and without in travelling between those spaces. At the centre of the liminal space, standing between sand and sea, myth and reality and sch Leggi tutto

Annie is 13. I think this may be too mature for my 10 yr old grand. Very magical. Good for someone who knows how babies are made. Being clear on the facts, we can be dreamy.... A happy story.

It can be a fantasy, a coming-of-age story, or a work that deals with disability and prejudice, depending on how the reader takes it. Annie is the 13-year-old only child of a single mom. She used to go to school, but her friends called her stupid because she couldn't keep up, and her teachers eventu Leggi tutto

I received this from Library Thing Early Readers. Annie Lumsden isn’t like any of the kids at school. Words and numbers don’t make sense to her. But the sea…..that was what she knows. She tries hard at school but can’t make a go of it. After mental tests and physical tests, it was determined Annie wo Leggi tutto

Whenever I read a David Almond book (I’ve only read a few), I feel a little off kilter. I always feel like I’m not sure it’s really a kids’ book. Maybe they are really adult parables disguised as kids’ books. There are deceptive layers and messages that I’m not at all sure kids get or should get or Leggi tutto

Extremely beautiful 5 star illustrations from Beatrice Alemagna and a story that's probably more interesting to adults than children. Annie Lumsden has learning difficulties and seizures. She always felt different from other children and her mum makes up a tale to help her explain this. Parts were enj Leggi tutto

Like all of David Almond’s stories, the tale of Annie Lumsden, the girl from the sea, is a touch strange, but with an underlying sweetness. Annie is a touch strange herself, finding school a challenge, but finding solace in seemingly having more in common with the creatures who live in the sea near Leggi tutto