Octavie Wolters
Autore di The Starling's Song
Opere di Octavie Wolters
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1977
- Nazionalità
- Netherlands
- Luogo di nascita
- Sint Odiliënberg, Netherlands
Utenti
Recensioni
Premi e riconoscimenti
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 5
- Utenti
- 13
- Popolarità
- #774,335
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 5
- Lingue
- 2
The strength of Wolters’s picture book is her stunning black-and-white linocut work. Only the starling’s beak, legs, and feet are coloured. Yes, the book is attractive and rather Zen-like. It reminds readers to look at the beauty around them, to be present and mindful—but for this reader that isn’t quite enough. I really prefer picture books with more of a plot and some degree of conflict.
I don’t consider this an essential purchase for school or public libraries. However, I do think an art teacher might find it valuable as a wonderful example of linocut print making.… (altro)