Let's Go, Hugo!
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
Hugo is a dapper little bird who adores the Eiffel Tower -- or at least his view of it from down here. Hugo, you see, has never left the ground. So when he meets another bird, the determined Lulu, who invites him to fly with her to the top of the tower, Hugo stalls, persuading Lulu to see, on foot, every inch of the park in which he lives instead. Will a nighttime flying lesson from Bernard the Owl, some sweet and sensible encouragement from Lulu, and some extra pluck from Hugo himself finally give this bird the courage he needs to spread his wings and fly?
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Hugo is a diehard Parisian boulevardier which is a little incongruous, because he's also a bird: "Hugo was content living on the ground." But when Hugo meets a soign bird named Lulu, he realizes that his diversion tactics can't make up for the fact that he's actually afraid to fly. Will Lulu say "au revoir"? Dominguez (Ava Tree and the Wishes Three), in her first outing as both author and illustrator, lets this tale about facing one's fears unfold through wordy, literal insights ("I was afraid of the dark," a helpful owl tells Hugo, "but then I realized all the wonderful things I was missing"), rather than the bubbliness or bon mots one might expect, given the flying theme and Parisian setting. But the story is buoyed by her gifts as an artist. Dominguez's characters, constructed from substantial geometric shapes, have a wholly original look, and her scenes of Paris's grand outdoor spaces exude a feel of en plein air, with thick black outlines, tissue-paper textures, and liberal white space lending a dash of French hauteur. Ages 3 5.
