mjfmjfmjf's review
3.0
Pleasant little Caldecott Honor picture book. Kind of a simple view of a moment in time in what appears to be Colonial Nantucket. The story is all about a gull that follows a boy around until it needs something from him and they become friends. But it captures what it means to be a boy in that time and place as well. Not great but a good feel to it. 3.5 of 5.
calistareads's review
3.0
An interesting story about a seagull that befriends or follows around a little boy, Obadiah. Everyone notices and teases him and the boy doesn’t like it, but when the bird is not there, Obadiah misses him.
I didn’t think the artwork was especially Caldecott worthy. The story is simple and sweet. As an adult, I do wonder if people really spoke that way back when, using thee and thou. As I child, I believed they spoke that way, and as an adult, I assumed that it was how people wrote in that time, but they didn’t really speak that way. Now, I am curious.
The nephew wanted a bird to follow him around. His sister said ‘you fart too much, you would scare them all away.’ Well, that lead to a squabble. The nephew thought it was a ‘weird’ story and he gave it 4 stars. The niece thought this story didn’t have a point or a real ending and she gave it 2 stars.
I didn’t think the artwork was especially Caldecott worthy. The story is simple and sweet. As an adult, I do wonder if people really spoke that way back when, using thee and thou. As I child, I believed they spoke that way, and as an adult, I assumed that it was how people wrote in that time, but they didn’t really speak that way. Now, I am curious.
The nephew wanted a bird to follow him around. His sister said ‘you fart too much, you would scare them all away.’ Well, that lead to a squabble. The nephew thought it was a ‘weird’ story and he gave it 4 stars. The niece thought this story didn’t have a point or a real ending and she gave it 2 stars.
coldinaugust's review
2.0
A woman at Meeting gave me this book when I asked for Quaker books to share with my friends' children. It was a sort of boring story, and the family's religion was firmly in the background.
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