100ぴきのいぬ 100のなまえ (ほんやく絵本) [大型本]

Imagine having one hundred dogs like the very kind rich lady in this book. Imagine brushing and feeding them all. Imagine playing with them all. And then, tired at the end of the day, imagine going home to bed surrounded by each and every one of them! With one hundred names to remember and one hundred bowls to wash up, it takes a very kind and very rich lady to look after them all! --このテキストは、 ペーパーバック 版に関連付けられています。

ここは私と犬たちの家です。最初は私と1匹の犬の家だったけど、今は私と100匹の犬たちの家! 100匹の犬に名前をつけ、食事をやり、ブラシをかけるの…。愛が100倍になる絵本。

"Once there was a very kind rich lady who adopted one hundred stray dogs. They all lived together in a tall house on a hill." So begins Chinlun Lee's first ever picture book--a thoroughly charming story based on a woman in Taipei who actually did take in an impossible number of stray dogs. This very kind rich lady loves her charges very much, and we are introduced to them one by one in delightful spreads of delicate colored pencil and watercolor. First we meet Papa, then Mr. Samuel, then Mary, then Fifi and her four pups Eeny, Meeny, Miney, and Mo. ("That's eight.") The hundredth one--Bingo--is always late. Children will adore poring over the pages and closely examining each lovingly illustrated pooch--each aptly named, each with his or her own distinct personality. Sooty looks fresh out of the chimney, Lola is a poodle, Yogurt is creamy and smooth looking, Pirate has a natural eye patch, Silk has an ephemeral quality, etc. Every day, the very kind rich lady feeds them, brushes them, plays on the hill, and puts them all to bed. The final spread, "Goodnight, one hundred dogs," shows the woman sleeping contentedly on a bed on the floor, surrounded by her beloved animals from Sheepdog to Sharpei, also serenely snoozing. Sweet simplicity and pure personality combine to make this one of the tail-waggingly best bedtime books we've ever seen. (Ages 2 to 6) --Karin Snelson
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In a series of idiosyncratic, journal-style drawings, newcomer Lee creates an engaging portrait of a woman who shares her life with 100 beloved pooches. The first couple of pages enumerate her beloved dogs, pictured on successive pages in growing numbers, with a tone of equally growing disbelief ("There were Ginger, Esme, Henry, Abdul, Molly, Jacket, Tinkle, Biscuit, Toot.... That's sixty-one"). Some come in matched sets: Eeny, Meeny, Miney and Mo; Groucho, Harpo and Chico. Finally, a tiny black puppy straggles in all by himself, carrying a bone, "Bingo, who was always late." (He's carefully hand-labeled in subsequent pictures so readers can locate him without trouble.) The very rich lady grooms and feeds them and "calls them by their hundred names"; she stands alone on a hill, and Lee shows the names coming out of her mouth comic-book style, in a stream-of-consciousness flow (interested readers can check them off, in order of their appearance in earlier spreads). Next, 99 dogs surge toward her like iron filings to a magnet; Bingo, of course, is late. Lee's artwork looks appealingly na久e, with pencil scribbles for dog hair and a flat, Egyptian-style perspective; her subtle use of color and texture tell of sophisticated gifts. Remarkable both for its artful understatement and its genuine affection for all 101 of its subjects, this small charmer is not to be missed. Ages 2-up.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

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"Splendid... a hugely enjoyable challenge to any child just into reading." Literacy and Learning; "Marvellous for children to join in with the counting! The deceptively simple text is joyfully interpreted by witty pictures, giving lots to talk about." Carousel --このテキストは、 ペーパーバック 版に関連付けられています。

Chinlun Lee grew up in Taipei, Taiwan, and was inspired to draw by her father, who was an art teacher. She studied illustration in England and graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1999. It was there that she had the idea for The Very Kind Rich Lady and Her One Hundred Dogs. The story is based on a woman she remembers from her childhood in Taipei who had over two hundred adopted stray dogs. Chinlun says, "I visited her house once and could never forget how many dogs' faces were looking at me through one big window." Chinlun Lee lives in Kaoshung, southern Taiwan, with her vet husband and their six dogs. --このテキストは、 ペーパーバック 版に関連付けられています。

リー,チンルン
1965年、台湾(台北)生まれ。台北のワールド・オブ・ジャーナリズムアンドコミュニケーションと、ロンドンのロイヤル・カレッジ・オブ・アートを卒業

きたやま ようこ
1949年、東京都生まれ。文化学院卒業。「ゆうたくんちのいばりいぬ」第1集で講談社出版文化賞絵本賞を受賞。「りっぱな犬になる方法」で産経児童出版文化賞推薦に選ばれ、「じんぺいの絵日記」とともに、路傍の石幼少年文化賞を受賞(本データはこの書籍が刊行された当時に掲載されていたものです)