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Book Summary
An artist is asked to draw a star. He draws a star then he is asked to draw a sun. After the artist draws the sun, he is asked to draw a tree, then a couple, then a house, and so on. It comes back to the artist being asked to draw a star again. At the end of the story, the artist goes on a journey with the star.
An artist is asked to draw a star. He draws a star then he is asked to draw a sun. After the artist draws the sun, he is asked to draw a tree, then a couple, then a house, and so on. It comes back to the artist being asked to draw a star again. At the end of the story, the artist goes on a journey with the star.
Reference
Carle, Eric. (1992). Draw me a star, Puffin.
Librarian's Corner
Eric Carle's books are loved by adults and children so I was surprised to see Eric Carle's Draw Me A Star on the challenge list. The story started out just like a typical Eric Carle's story. I began to understand where parents might have trouble when I was looking at the page where the artist is drawing the couple and the couple have no clothing. Some of the readers may have the connection to Adam and Eve. I don't have a problem with this book, but this Eric Carle book won't be on my purchase list either.
Eric Carle's books are loved by adults and children so I was surprised to see Eric Carle's Draw Me A Star on the challenge list. The story started out just like a typical Eric Carle's story. I began to understand where parents might have trouble when I was looking at the page where the artist is drawing the couple and the couple have no clothing. Some of the readers may have the connection to Adam and Eve. I don't have a problem with this book, but this Eric Carle book won't be on my purchase list either.
Reviews
From Booklist
In this large, brightly illustrated picture book, an artist draws a star, which asks him to draw a sun, which asks him to draw a tree, which asks him to draw a man and a woman . . . and so on. There are biblical overtones, with the man and woman next to the tree looking like Adam and Eve before the Fall, but within a few pages the house is built, the tulips are up, and the scene becomes modern, from houseplants to clothes. Soon, the night asks the artist to draw a moon, and the moon requests a star, bringing the text full circle. Then there's a switch. A drawing lesson demonstrates how to make an eight-pointed star. Next, the artist's star carries him, floating Chagall-like, across the dark, star-spangled sky. On the last page, Carle addresses a letter to his "Friends" describing how his grandmother showed him how to draw a star while reciting a nonsense rhyme, and how his trip on a shooting star inspired this book. The illustrations, in Carle's signature style, are collages of painted, torn, and cut papers. A free-spirited, original offering. Category: For the Young. 1992, Putnam/Philomel, $15.95. Ages 4-7.
Phelam, Carolyn. (September 1992). [Review of the book Draw Me A Star, by Eric Carle]. Booklist, 89(2).
From Kirkus Reviews
A remarkable, quintessentially simple book encompassing Creation, creativity, and the cycle of life within the eternal. Introduced on the title page as a toddler drawing the first of five lines to make a star, an artist ages until, at the end, he's an old man who takes hold of a star to travel the night sky. Meanwhile, the first star says, "Draw me the sun"; the sun says, "Draw me a tree," and so on: woman and man; house, dog, cat, bird, butterfly, flowers, cloud; a rainbow arching over the middle-aged artist's whole creation; and back to the night and the stars. Carle's trademark style--vibrant tissue collage on dramatic white--is wonderfully effective in expressing the joy of creation, while the economy with which he conveys these universal ideas gives them extraordinary power. Yet the story is disarmingly childlike, concluding with an ingenuous letter from the author with instructions for drawing an eight-point star. Thanks be to the book for asking Carle to "draw" it! 1992, Philomel/Putnam, $15.95. Starred Review. © 1992 Kirkus Reviews/VNU eMedia, Inc. All rights reserved.
Kirkus. (19925). [Review of the book Draw Me A Star, by Eric Carle]. Kirkus Reviews.
From Booklist
In this large, brightly illustrated picture book, an artist draws a star, which asks him to draw a sun, which asks him to draw a tree, which asks him to draw a man and a woman . . . and so on. There are biblical overtones, with the man and woman next to the tree looking like Adam and Eve before the Fall, but within a few pages the house is built, the tulips are up, and the scene becomes modern, from houseplants to clothes. Soon, the night asks the artist to draw a moon, and the moon requests a star, bringing the text full circle. Then there's a switch. A drawing lesson demonstrates how to make an eight-pointed star. Next, the artist's star carries him, floating Chagall-like, across the dark, star-spangled sky. On the last page, Carle addresses a letter to his "Friends" describing how his grandmother showed him how to draw a star while reciting a nonsense rhyme, and how his trip on a shooting star inspired this book. The illustrations, in Carle's signature style, are collages of painted, torn, and cut papers. A free-spirited, original offering. Category: For the Young. 1992, Putnam/Philomel, $15.95. Ages 4-7.
Phelam, Carolyn. (September 1992). [Review of the book Draw Me A Star, by Eric Carle]. Booklist, 89(2).
From Kirkus Reviews
A remarkable, quintessentially simple book encompassing Creation, creativity, and the cycle of life within the eternal. Introduced on the title page as a toddler drawing the first of five lines to make a star, an artist ages until, at the end, he's an old man who takes hold of a star to travel the night sky. Meanwhile, the first star says, "Draw me the sun"; the sun says, "Draw me a tree," and so on: woman and man; house, dog, cat, bird, butterfly, flowers, cloud; a rainbow arching over the middle-aged artist's whole creation; and back to the night and the stars. Carle's trademark style--vibrant tissue collage on dramatic white--is wonderfully effective in expressing the joy of creation, while the economy with which he conveys these universal ideas gives them extraordinary power. Yet the story is disarmingly childlike, concluding with an ingenuous letter from the author with instructions for drawing an eight-point star. Thanks be to the book for asking Carle to "draw" it! 1992, Philomel/Putnam, $15.95. Starred Review. © 1992 Kirkus Reviews/VNU eMedia, Inc. All rights reserved.
Kirkus. (19925). [Review of the book Draw Me A Star, by Eric Carle]. Kirkus Reviews.
Value to the Library
Elementary School Library
The school librarian can have Draw Me A Star displayed with other Eric Carle books for a featured author display. The school librarian can also use this book to have a discussion with the students on their special memory and illustrate it.
Elementary School Library
The school librarian can have Draw Me A Star displayed with other Eric Carle books for a featured author display. The school librarian can also use this book to have a discussion with the students on their special memory and illustrate it.
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