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Joey è un bambino dalla sconfinata capacità di immaginare. I suoi occhi vedono cose che gli altri non sanno cogliere, e ancor meno raccogliere. Lui invece raccoglie, e tanto, andando in giro con il suo carretto. Nella sua testa, le cose assumono un valore che nessun altro è in grado di intendere: una cassaforte è magica, un telescopio malconcio è celeste, una piuma di pappagallo è esotica... Se le sorelline lo prendono in giro e lo chiamano raccatta-spazzatura, i genitori invece lo prendono molto sul serio e arricchiscono di pezzi unici la sua già ricca collezione. Fino al giorno in cui una brutta tosse si porta via il papà e la casa si riempie di silenzio. Nella stanza dove conserva la sua immensa raccolta, Joey combatte contro la tristezza e, come fosse un gioco, comincia a creare legami armoniosi tra oggetti impensabili: è lì che nasce un grande artista del Surrealismo americano: Joseph Cornell. Questa è la storia della sua infanzia. Età di lettura: da 5 anni.
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- Pagine: 40
- Data di uscita: 16-05-2019
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Joey whimsically collects unrelated objects that strike his fancy. Eventually, he realizes that he can make art by juxtaposing those items in surprising ways. Although Joey’s creative mind comes through in this picture book biography, readers may have a hard time understanding and empathizing with h Leggi tutto
The story of how Cornell started in childhood collecting everything that caught his imagination and later created sculptures from the everyday objects in his amassed collection.
WOW! Everything about this book enthralled and entranced me. The illustrations were gorgeous, the story line thrilling and the words profound and emotion invoking. As I was reading, all I wanted to do was know more about Joey Cornell and his work. I want to learn more about him and introduce him and Leggi tutto
The kind of book you can read aloud to students more than once. There are a series of questions family members ask Joey as he collects more and more items - "What do you want that for?" and "What will you do with them?" and "What will you do with that?" with words like "that" in Italics for special
Note: Advance Reader's Edition | Book Releases February 2018 This book is based on the childhood of Joseph Cornell and the wonder that is his collection of things. Candace Fleming provides a note at the start of the book that offers a brief bio with nuggets of details about some of the artist's objec Leggi tutto
A large part of my rating this 3 stars, rather than 2, is that I just like that there is now a children's picture book referencing artist Joseph Cornell. Also, it really bothers me that people keep referring to Joseph Cornell as "Joey" outside of the book. As far as I know, he really was NEVER calle Leggi tutto
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and the same could be said for what is considered to be art or something worth collecting. In this stunningly illustrated book with images created in acrylic on paper and digitally, readers encounter artist Joseph Cornell when he was a youngster and collected ob Leggi tutto
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