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ll of Jarell's little juveniles are a cut above the run in intelligence and unfaked feeling. The feeling, however, remains somewhat locked behind the combinative oddness, the mix of pluralism, isolation and warping transposition; these tales of boys active at night and bats active in day bend, as it
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mermaid accepts herself as she is, a sea-creature in love with the land, eager to understand its language, willing to submit to its limitations. The story is a medley of lyrical factuality. Never once does its sentiment decline into sentimentality . . . nor our belief into skepticism. There is the
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A man, a mermaid, a boy, a bear and a lynx – all orphans – find a home together in a log cabin in the woods by the sea. Through their shared experiences and self-made myths of their own origins, they create their own unique family.
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Travers, P. L. (November 21, 1965). "A Kind of Visitation: THE ANIMAL FAMILY. By Randall Jarrell. Illustrated by Maurice Sendal. 160 pp. New York: Pantheon. $ 3.50".
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said, and any child reading this book would know to which category "The Animal Family" belonged. Is it a book for children? I would say Yes because for me
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books are books for children. But is any book that these creatures love really invented for them? "I write to please myself," said
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Updike, John (November 14, 1976). "Fly by Night: Randall Jarrell writing stories for children".
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the best of his children's books and praising its "exqusite" writing.
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launched a crowdfunding campaign under Tomoyasu Murata to create a
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animated film adaptation of the story, using its Japanese title:
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were, around an unseen center. They are surreal as not even "
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book and has a significant following among adult readers.
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and illustrated by noted children's book illustrator
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Randall Jarrell
Maurice Sendak
Maurice Sendak
ISBN
0-06-205904-1
OCLC
180013285
children's novel
Randall Jarrell
Maurice Sendak
Newbery Honor
Mary Poppins
P. L. Travers
Hans Andersen
D. H. Lawrence
Beatrix Potter
John Updike
Alice

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