5/22/2023 0 Comments The little one kiyo tanaka![]() ![]() If you’re familiar with any of Daniel Pinkwater’s other books ( The Big Orange Splot, Pickle Creature), you might have some idea of what to expect from this truly unusual and funny book. Kat Hats, Daniel Pinkwater and Aaron Renier Ī charmingly bonkers, truly original book book about cats trained to serve as hats (And the solution is wonderful.) Despite the book’s unusual tone, I’ve found that children are fascinated by the clueless, useless adults here, who walk around in an ignorant stupor. (Perhaps that part, at least, seems familiar?) ![]() Over and over again, Treehorn insists that he is shrinking and that it’s outside of his control – he’d knock it out if he could! – but in the end, it’s up to him to solve his own problem. It’s comical and strange, of course, that no one believes him or cares, but it also feels very much like that common childhood experience: no one listens to me. ![]() The most interesting thing about this book is not, in fact, that Treehorn is shrinking, but instead the bizarre and dismissive reactions of everyone around him. ![]() When Treehorn finds that he’s gradually shrinking, he’s understandably dismayed and perplexed… but his mother and father seem hardly to care. The Shrinking of Treehorn, Florence Parry Heide and Edward Gorey Ī deadpan delight about the way adults dismiss and ignore the very real concerns of childrenĪ classic from the 1970s, The Shrinking of Treehorn is brilliantly offbeat and deadpan, a tale for children with intriguing, dark undercurrents – just as you might expect in a book illustrated by Edward Gorey. ![]()
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