Here We Are: The phenomenal international bestseller from Oliver Jeffers

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Me invitó a la reflexión y creo yo que por ello deberían leerlo. Lo recomiendo bastante, sí que sí. And it was strange how in all those shows, all those performances, a whole season's worth, you hardly stopped to think – she never thought about it as she looked at her face in the mirror and placed the tiara, like a regular coronation, in her hair: The sea is right beneath us now. Right beneath us now the waves are swishing and swirling, the fish are darting, the seaweed is swaying this way and that. If the stage were to open up, we'd all go tumbling through to the water. Phil Davis’ narration of the audiobook is very good. He speaks slowly. This gives readers time to think through what is said. Every word is clearly spoken. He sings the songs that are in the book; he doesn’t just read their words. He sings well. This increases one’s enjoyment. The audio production is good too. At the start and finish we are treated to carnival music—this fits wonderfully the book’s setting and content. Four stars for the narration. Watch this video trailer for the book. Could you make your own trailer for this book (or another one of your favourite books)?

I am not at all familiar with the setting, Brighton pier in the UK. I definitely would have enjoyed this more if the author had described the area more and set the atmosphere before the story unfolded.This book contains things that the author thinks his baby son needs to know. Make your own set of notes that tell younger children things they need to know. How many different types of plants can you see in the book? How many animals? How many different habitats? From the skies to the animal kingdom to the people of the world and lots of other beautifully rendered examples of life on Earth, Here We Arecarries a simple message: Be kind.”— NPR There are no magic wands, Ronnie. There are magic wands, but there are no magic wands. Do you understand me?

Sometimes, beyond the stirrings and the gaspings of the audience, he might think he could hear the creakings and strainings of the pier itself, like a big foundering ship. But perhaps it was more that he was the one who was going under. A celebration of people all shapes and sizes, and of the beauty and mystery of our Earth.”– Booklist Y es que este libro ilustrado te invita a recordar que todos somos diferentes, pero al mismo tiempo, iguales. Te invita a recordar que eres parte de algo, de un planeta, aunque a veces en el traqueteo de la vida no te des cuenta. Por su sencillez, al ser una obra dedicada hacia los niños, Oliver Jeffers transmite todo ese amor de manera efímera, en una gama de colores brillantes y muy pocas palabras. Creo que para un niño puede resultar más sencillo de entender, porque normalmente, creo yo, son puros y no tienen la cabeza llena de pensamientos angustiantes y dolorosos como los adultos. No juzgan por religiones, aspectos o estatus. Creo que los adultos sí tendemos a hacerlo y por ello, Jeffers habla mayormente de lo que él quiere transmitir a su hijo: el mensaje del amor. Me gustaría comenzar esta reseña con una frase de Carl Sagan en referencia a la imagen captada por la sonda espacial Vogayer 1 en 1990. En ella, en ese pálido punto azul, estamos nosotros. Esa es la Tierra.

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Graham Swift is no common street performer — he won the Booker Prize in 1996 — but he appreciates the transcendent artistry of small works perfectly performed. His slim new novel, “Here We Are,” transports us to a seaside theater in Brighton, England, during the summer of 1959. It’s about young love and the little acts of chance and villainy that realign lives. Sunkiai man sekasi atrasti bendrą kalbą su trumpomis istorijomis. Dažniausiai kamuojuosi - man atrodo, kad pasakyta per mažai, per daug sugrūsta simbolizmo, kuris ir egzistuoja tik vardan simbolizmo, o ir jaučiuosi kaip vaikiškame baseine - nei paplauksi, nei panardysi, toks greitas pasipliuškenimas ir tiek. Panašiai jaučiausi ir bandydama atrasti santykį su "Regimybėmis" - tarsi romanas, tačiau tai man pasirodė veikiau novelė dideliu šriftu, dideliausiais tarpais, dailiausiai įpakuota - viskas čia greitai, glaustai, trumpai, o ir nepakankamai giliai, kad pajausčiau stiprų malonumą. Kad ir kaip stengiausi. O stengtis dėl knygos, bandyti ją prisijaukinti, man save pavyksta įtikinti vis rečiau ir rečiau. Graham Swift kuria pasakojimą iš nutylėjimų, tiesos trupinėlių. Jis leidžia spėlioti, duoda peno vaizduotei, po truputį atskleisdamas istoriją iš visų pusių. Knygoje ne kartą sakinius skaičiau po kelis kartus. Kartais dėl grožio, kartais pasitiksinimui, kartais mąstydama, ar tikrai tik tiek pasakė ir nieko nepraleidau. 😀