Il ragazzo che nuotava con i piranha

Ohromné překvapení! Kniha o nalézání sebe sama, splnění svých snů či o nacházení životních hodnot. Nějak se mi to trefilo do nálady.

"Would you like my lads to see who is tooting' their hooter and put it to a halt?" asks Clarence P. Clapp regarding a car that is honking its horn at an "ossifer." Clarence is the king of malapropisms, mispronunciations, and misspellings in this goofy story by David Almond. While it nods it head at

SO as part of my Fiction For Children Module for Creative Writing at Uni, I read this book 'The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas. I did not know what to expect, except a boy swimming with piranhas. This book is mostly aimed at young children, I would say from the age range of 8-12. I have to admit though

Knížka, v které se dozvíte, že každý z nás má svou vnitřní piraňu. A je jen na vás, jestli ji necháte, aby vás sežrala, nebo se jí postavíte a zaplavete si s ní. Trochu bláznivý příběh o překonávání vlastního strachu (Co myslíte, fakt si Stanley Potts, hlavní hrdina, zaplave s piraňami?), kde vedle ma Leggi tutto

Livro infantil simples, com uma história muito fofa, que alem de ter uma capa linda tem umas ilustrações igualmente simples! É uma história que apesar de modesta traz-nos mensagens interessantes sobre o processo de amadurecimento que alguém pode ter quando se dá a si mesmo oportunidade de viver nova Leggi tutto

A series of unfortunate events leads young Stanley Potts to run away from home and join a traveling fair. He works at the hook-a-duck stall and eventually becomes an apprentice to the swarthy speedo'd man who swims with piranhas, soon swimming with the toothy fishies himself. Like a bulging tin of t Leggi tutto

Отличная метафора про внутреннюю пиранью; но вообще Алмонда стоит читать за неистребимый оптимизм

The Boy who Swam with Piranhas by David Almond ISBN- 978 1 4063 2076 3 Walker Books, 20112, 246pp hard covers David Almond is the Fellini of childrens literature with his delight in the ancient traditions of the fair and the circus. As usual, he sets his delightful blend of realism and fantasy in his ho Leggi tutto

The Boy who Swam with Piranhas by David Almond. I re-read this today, not having realised that I had read it three years ago. I was really impressed with it and thought that the plethora of new celebrity writers could do far worse than read this and take some tips from it. With a hint of magical rea Leggi tutto

I chose to read this book as on my first placement the class were doing a topic on theme parks and fairgrounds. The story is about a lonely boy who runs away to the fairground and is a comedy written in a cheerfully throwaway style, which is big on laughs and fun. David Almond has produced a circus r Leggi tutto