商品の説明

‘A daring imagination has woven a simple rhyme into a brilliantly original tale [about Jennie, the Sealyham terrier, who seeks Experience and becomes the star of the World Mother Goose Theatre].’ —H. ‘Superb fantasy.’ —BL.

Notable Children's Books of 1967 (ALA)
1968 Fanfare Honor List (H)
Best Books of 1967 (SLJ)
Children's Books of 1967 (Library of Congress)

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商品の詳細

• Amazon.co.jp ランキング: #175332 / 本
• 発売日: 1987-12
• 版型: 単行本
• 69 ページ

内容（「BOOK」データベースより）
この絵物語は、タイトルと物語の一部に、マザー・グースのうたをつかっています。物語は、たくましい犬がヒロインですから、ユーモラスで波乱があって明るい感じです。いっぽう絵は、白黒だけの細密なもので、そのうえ、夜明け、夜、地下室などの場面が多いので、不安、恐怖、悲しみなど、影の部分が感じられ、物語ととけあって、全体に深みをあたえていると思います。

Amazon.com
As a tribute to his dearly departed pooch, Maurice Sendak wrote this odd little tale in 1967 about Jennie, a Sealyham terrier who is not content with having everything but must go out in the world to find something she doesn't have. Right off the bat, she comes across a pig wearing sandwich boards advertising the need for a leading lady in the World Mother Goose Theatre. Jennie leaps at the opportunity. Unfortunately, the position requires someone with experience, so she sets off to find it. One hungry lion and a stubborn un-hungry baby later, Jennie definitely has experience, if nothing else anymore, and off she goes to play the leading role in a nursery-rhyme-turned-theatrical-production:

Higglety-pigglety pop!
The dog has eaten the mop!
The pig's in a hurry
The cat's in a flurry
Higglety-pigglety pop!

This dreamy, slightly dark story, illustrated in Sendak's renowned pen-and-ink style, tells of a gluttonous dog's transformation from someone who cares only about her next salami sandwich to one who would risk her life for a weaker being (while still wondering where that next sandwich is coming from). Caldecott Medal artist Sendak is the brilliantly quirky creator of such classics as Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen. (Ages 5 to 9) --Emilie Coulter

About the Author
Maurice Sendak received the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are. In 1970 he received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal for illustration, and he remains the only American ever awarded this honor. In 1983 Sendak received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award from the American Library Association, given in recognition of his entire body of work. He also received a 1996 National Medal of Arts in recognition of his contribution to the arts in America.

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カスタマーレビュー

旅立ちの物語
東欧系ユダヤ人イラストレイター（自称）、モーリス・センダック。
マザー・グースの詩からの引用で名付けられた本書は
明らかに大人向けに書かれた絵本であろう。

センダックの絵本のテーマとして、たびたび
（自ら「リグレッション」と名づける）母胎回帰が採り上げられる。
しかし本書の主人公犬のジェニーは「もっといいこときっとある」
と始めた、イニシエーションとも受け取れる冒険から帰ることなく
なんとご主人のもとに戻らない決心をするのだ。

三部作を中心として、家族という手のひらの中の子供の成長を
描いているセンダックだが、本書ではその先の真の自立を
大人への旅立ちを物語ろうとしている。
繊細な絵も美しい佳作である。