Description: Further DetailsTitle: Jim's LionCondition: NewFormat: HardbackISBN-10: 0763665177EAN: 9780763665173ISBN: 9780763665173Publisher: Candlewick Press,U.S.Release Date: 11/11/2014Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 235mmItem Length: 159mmItem Width: 13mmItem Weight: 357gAuthor: Russell HobanIllustrator: Alexis DeaconContributor: Alexis Deacon (Illustrated by)Genre: Children's BooksDescription: Russell Hoban’s moving, unflinching tale of a boy who finds bravery during illness is reimagined in graphic-novel format with art by Alexis Deacon. Asleep in his hospital bed, Jim dreams of a great lion with white teeth and amber eyes. This lion is Jim’s finder. According to Nurse Bami, everyone has a finder, a creature who comes looking for us when we are lost. But when the time comes for Jim’s operation, will his lion be able to find him and bring him safely home? Dramatically reimagined as a graphic novel by award-winning illustrator Alexis Deacon, with the inclusion of powerful dream sequences, Russell Hoban’s tale of a boy’s search for strength and courage will resonate with any child dealing with adversity. Read more Continue reading Read less FROM SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL Gr 4–6—Jim lies sick in the hospital, afraid that he won't survive his upcoming operation. Nurse Bami assures him that everyone has a "finder" to guide them through their dreams and that Jim's finder will bring him back from wherever the doctors send him. That night, Jim dreams of a lion; he has met his guide. This is a spare allegory, and Deacon's illustrations complement and extend the brief text. Many of his images offer additional layers to the narrative, depicting dreams that are not mentioned by the author and giving readers a clue about Nurse Bami's own finder. A 2001 version of this story (Candlewick) features detailed, realistic pencil and pastel illustrations by Ian Andrew. Unlike Andrews' gentle interpretation, Deacon's lion is powerful and frightening, and the watercolor illustrations depict an uncertain world with shaky lines and a muted palette spiked with increasing amounts of blood red. The art highlights the feverish terror of Jim's dreams, in which pipes morph into snakes, rain falls as blood, and tree roots become multitudes of grasping arms, as red as pumping veins. The enemy is always shifting and adapting, and Deacon's sophisticated art does not hide the fact that Jim is very close to dying. The unique story and remarkable art warrant this a place in library collections, though it's difficult to pinpoint the audience. The content may be upsetting for young readers, but seem childish for older children and teens. This graphic novel-style work will best fit in middle grade collections, and may even appeal to parents.—Lisa Goldstein, Brooklyn Public Library REVIEW In watercolors simultaneously delicate and taut with emotion, Deacon imagines Jim and his lion fighting his sickness. Small panels capture with marvelous powers of invention the hallucinatory nature of sickness. Dreamlike worlds of death threaten to engulf Jim, are beaten back, then gather strength and attack again. Deacon’s images enhance but do not overwhelm Hoban’s story, which holds its own potent magic. Nurse Bami tells Jim how he’ll know he’s found his finder: “The real thing is always more than you’re ready for,” she says. This is the real thing. —Publishers Weekly (starred review) Dramatic... Wordless dream (or more accurately, nightmare) sequences presented in panels make up more than half the pages, expanding the vision and intensifying the impact of Hoban's words. ... The spare, low-key telling heightens the paintings' emotional heft. ... This ... inventive work is most likely to be appreciated for its artistic vision. —Kirkus Reviews This is a spare allegory, and Deacon’s illustrations complement and extend the brief text. ... The art highlights the feverish terror of Jim’s dreams... Sophisticated art... The unique story and remarkable art warrant this a place in library collections. —School Library Journal The intensity of the imagery calls to mind the respect afforded to children’s emotional capacities found in Shaun Tan’s “The Red Tree." ... Just what the doctor ordered for children with vivid imaginations facing their own traumatic ordeals. —Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Compelling and disquieting, Deacon’s artwork, a dazzling emotional tour de force, takes this old story to exciting new levels. —Jules Danielson, Kirkus Reviews Breathtaking... The book is a lovely blurring of what is dream, what is reality, as Jim finds courage to free himself from his fears. ... Inspiring. —The Buffalo News The deftly illustrated watercolor paintings support the delicate tone of the text. —Library Media Connection ABOUT THE AUTHOR Russell Hoban (1925–2011) once described himself as “an addict to writing” and wrote more than fifty books for children, including such classics as Bedtime for Frances and How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen. With Candlewick, he was the author of The Sea-Thing Child, illustrated by Patrick Benson, Soonchild, also illustrated by Alexis Deacon, and Rosie’s Magic Horse, illustrated by Quentin Blake. Alexis Deacon created the acclaimed picture books Slow Loris, While You Were Sleeping, and Beegu, a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year. He is also the illustrator of Russell Hoban’s Soonchild. Alexis Deacon lives in London. 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Publication Name: Jim's Lion
Title: Jim's Lion
ISBN-10: 0763665177
EAN: 9780763665173
ISBN: 9780763665173
Release Date: 11/11/2014
Release Year: 2014
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Contributor: Alexis Deacon (Illustrated by)
Intended Audience: 6 - 9 years
Type: Growing Up & Facts of Life
Book Title: Jim's Lion
Number of Pages: 64 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Item Height: 0.5 in
Topic: Humor / Comic Strips & Cartoons, Fantasy & Magic, Health & Daily Living / Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries, General, Animals / Lions, Tigers, Leopards, Etc.
Publication Year: 2014
Illustrator: Yes, Deacon, Alexis
Genre: Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction
Item Weight: 12.6 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Russell Hoban
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Picture Book
