![](https://image.librarything.com/pics/fugue21/magnifier-left.png)
![](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0810959941.01._SX180_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg)
Clique em uma foto para ir ao Google Livros
Carregando... The Treehorn Trilogy: The Shrinking of Treehorn, Treehorn's Treasure, and Treehorn's Wish (2006)de Florence Parry Heide, Edward Gorey (Ilustrador)
![]()
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I don't want to read these stories too literally and miss the whimsy of them, but there's a slightly sad and detached tone here. No matter what odd thing is happening in Treehorn's world—and some very odd things happen—the adults never show any interest. They don't take him seriously, and although they hear what he says, they dismiss it and their answers reveal their own self-centered concerns. In The Shrinking of Treehorn, Treehorn tells his mother he's shrinking; she absentmindedly says "think of that" and then worries over her cake falling. In Treehorn's Treasure, Treehorn notices that the tree outside starts growing dollar bills after he puts a dollar bill in the bole of the tree. None of the adults are interested, and it's the same when, in Treehorn's Wish, he tells every adult he encounters about the genie he has discovered. I don't want to make this into some heavy moral lesson, but the utter lack of engagement on the part of the adults is sobering. Or maybe this is just Treehorn's perception? Still, there's a lot of whimsy here, and some delightfully absurd situations. And the deadpan humor is great (like when Treehorn fumbles his way around the fashionably darkened, fancy restaurant with a flashlight, ha!). Overall I enjoyed this little collection of matter-of-fact fantasy, and would look for more from both Heide and Gorey. ![]() Pertence à sérieTreehorn Trilogy (omnibus 1-3)
Collects the stories of Treehorn, a boy to whom very strange things keep happening which adults, from his parents to the meter reader, do not seem to think are noteworthy. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
Revisores inicias do LibraryThingO livro de Florence Parry Heide, The Treehorn Trilogy: The Shrinking of Treehorn, Treehorn's Treasure, and Treehorn's Wish, estava disponível em LibraryThing Early Reviewers. Current DiscussionsNenhum(a)Capas populares
![]() GênerosClassificação decimal de Dewey (CDD)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificação da Biblioteca do Congresso dos E.U.A. (LCC)AvaliaçãoMédia:![]()
É você?Torne-se um autor do LibraryThing. |