Imogene Comes Back!
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- €6.49
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- €6.49
Publisher Description
35 years after Imogene woke up with antlers, she's back! The follow up to the classic, Imogene's Antlers by Caldecott Award winning David Small.
One day, Imogene woke up to discover that she had sprouted antlers overnight. Her family was confused, her mother was distraught and there was no explanation. Then she woke up the next day and they were gone, but were replaced by something just as curious.
Now Imogene has found she has a new curious feature every day. Some are helpful, some are sweet, some are downright strange. But all of them upset her poor mother who just can't handle how improper it all is. Yet even as Imogene discovers something new every day, she always remains Imogene at heart.
David Small returns to one of his most beloved characters in this charming tale.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Thirty-five years after she sprouted antlers and peacock feathers, Imogene, that far pluckier version of Gregor Samsa, awakens, and "it appeared that the parade of peculiarities would proceed." It begins with Imogene acquiring a giraffe's neck; then comes an elephant's nose and ears, followed by butterfly wings. This time, there's no period of adjustment Imogene is an old hand by now, and her self-possession is one of the book's delights. Her patrician family remains beyond nonplussed (her mother swoons; her father suggests, "Send her to art school!"), while the household staff is quick to spot the utility of it all: Mrs. Perkins puts elephantized Imogene to work watering the garden. Small's pen, ink, and watercolor drawings are as sly as ever, rendered in creamy tones befitting Imogene's posh lifestyle and punctuated by sublime goofiness and reminding readers that being able to roll with change is a useful part of transformation. Ages 3 7.
