An Anthony Brown classic
Anthony Browne is the acclaimed author and illustrator of such
prize-winning bestsellers as Gorilla (winner of the Kate Greenaway
Medal and the Kurt Maschler Award), Willy the Wizard, My Dad,
Voices in the Park (winner of Kurt Maschler Award) and Zoo (winner
of the Kate Greenaway Medal).
In 2009, Anthony was appointed Children's Laureate, in recognition
of his outstanding contribution to the world of picture books.
Anthony was also the first British winner of the Hans Christian
Andersen Award, one of the highest international honours for
illustration. His work has been widely exhibited and his books are
published all over the world.
Highly original talent . . . Browne's picures of the city streets
and the park are a joy to look at . . . Anthony Browne first
editions are likely to become collector's items
*Daily Telegraph*
An instant classic
*Financial Times*
The haunting Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne turns a simple
tale and a visually stunning series of surreal pictures . . . into
a many-layered odyssey . . . this book will last a long time
*The Times*
A genuinely thought-provoking read, and, as usual with Anthony
Browne's work, the illustrations, with their surreal references
draw the reader in
*Sunday Telegraph*
K-Gr 5-A mother takes her son and their dog to the park, where she thinks about dinner and turns up her nose at the "frightful types." Meanwhile, an unemployed father sits on the same bench and searches the want ads while admiring his daughter's chatter and their dog's energy. The two kids, of course, find one another. In four short first-person narratives, each of the characters recounts the same outing from a different perspective and at a different emotional level. The mother is annoyed. The father is melancholy. The boy is bored and lonely, then hopeful. The girl is independent and outgoing, yet observant. The real "voices," however, are not found in the quiet, straightforward text, but in Browne's vibrant, super-realistic paintings in which trees are oddly shaped, footsteps turn to flower petals, Santa Claus begs for change, and people happen to be primates. Some of the illustrations appear in smaller squares while others are full bleeds so that even the margins become part of the narrative. Browne's fans should find this even more satisfying than Willy the Dreamer (Candlewick, 1998). Because readers will want to compare pages (did that building turn into a castle?) and tarry over every detail, this book is best suited to independent reading. Even prereaders will be intrigued by the way a simple visit to the park can literally be "seen" in so many different ways.-Nina Lindsay, Oakland Public Library, CA
Highly original talent . . . Browne's picures of the city streets
and the park are a joy to look at . . . Anthony Browne first
editions are likely to become collector's items * Daily Telegraph
*
An instant classic * Financial Times *
The haunting Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne turns a
simple tale and a visually stunning series of surreal pictures . .
. into a many-layered odyssey . . . this book will last a long time
* The Times *
A genuinely thought-provoking read, and, as usual with Anthony
Browne's work, the illustrations, with their surreal references
draw the reader in * Sunday Telegraph *
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