Peter Harris (4) (1933–)
Autor/a de The Night Pirates
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Obres de Peter Harris
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1933
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- UK
- Lloc de naixement
- London, England, UK
- Biografia breu
- Peter Harris (4) was born in London in 1933. He worked hard at school and trained to become an accountant. After getting married, Peter encouraged his wife Christine to take up writing. Frustrated by his accountancy work, Peter joined his wife and also started to write.
In the late 1970s, Peter and Christine took the plunge and moved to a small country cottage in Rutland to become full-time writers. Peter used to write upstairs in the house, while his wife would work downstairs. Peter was a diverse writer, writing for television, radio and children's comics like The Victor and 2000AD.
In the 1980s Peter turned his hand to children's books and wrote his first book to be published: Have You Seen Max? He wrote numerous children's books after that first success, including his eagerly-awaited picture book with Egmont, The Night Pirates, published in September 2005.
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Night Pirates de Peter Harris
Absolutely charming.
Loved it. I loved the essential absurdity of stealing the front of a house to disguise your pirate ship.
I also really loved that the book reversed sexism, and addressed it head on. The little boy asked if he could join the girl pirate crew, and did the captain say no, you're just a boy? No she let him join! And that's it, but that's enough. And it's so incredibly rare. Almost always, girls or POC have to address prejudice, or they are simply shown triumphant, with no discussion of prejudice. I'm happy to see either, but I can't even recall a text that upsets gender norms AND still deals with prejudice. This gives boys a chance to read something that adults will agree is "for boys" (since so many adult parents and book reviewers only recommend books to boys if the book has a male protagonist) -- but still deals with something usually only treated in books with girl protagonists.
And despite the length of discussion, that one little piece that impressed me so much is just one tiny piece of the book -- most of which is dedicated to a playful story about trickery and stealing pirate treasure.
The writing style is great for the preschool set, or anybody looking for a short bedtime read-aloud with some rhyme and repetition.… (més)
I also really loved that the book reversed sexism, and addressed it head on. The little boy asked if he could join the girl pirate crew, and did the captain say no, you're just a boy? No she let him join! And that's it, but that's enough. And it's so incredibly rare. Almost always, girls or POC have to address prejudice, or they are simply shown triumphant, with no discussion of prejudice. I'm happy to see either, but I can't even recall a text that upsets gender norms AND still deals with prejudice. This gives boys a chance to read something that adults will agree is "for boys" (since so many adult parents and book reviewers only recommend books to boys if the book has a male protagonist) -- but still deals with something usually only treated in books with girl protagonists.
And despite the length of discussion, that one little piece that impressed me so much is just one tiny piece of the book -- most of which is dedicated to a playful story about trickery and stealing pirate treasure.
The writing style is great for the preschool set, or anybody looking for a short bedtime read-aloud with some rhyme and repetition.… (més)
Tom goes on an adventure imagining what shadows are. He starts to imagine pirates and treasure in the town around them. everything got turned upside down and brave little Tom saved the day. Genre, fantasy, as it is really a dream about pirates and treasure. Media, water colors.
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- Obres
- 9
- Membres
- 595
- Popularitat
- #42,223
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 12
- ISBN
- 207
- Llengües
- 11