linzic01's review against another edition
4.0
“What if something like a piranha tank appeared in your life? What if somebody like Pancho Pirelli invited you to jump in?
Would you be brave and bold?
Would you face up to your fears?
Would you jump in?
You can’t know the answer, can you? Not really. You can’t know what you’d do until the very moment when you’re standing above the piranha tank and the piranhas are gazing up at you and showing their teeth.
It’s nice to wonder though, isn’t it?”
A heartwarming tale about a boy who- you guessed it!- swims with piranhas! There’s more to it than that though, obviously. There’s fish canning and DAFT envistigators and a hook-a-duck stall and so much more.
Absolute madness, as to be expected from a David Almond book. Fun, utterly daft madness, with cute illustrations and little pearls of wisdom sprinkled throughout. I think my favourite was:
“What is the purpose of living if there are no perils to be encountered and overcome?”
Fun and short and cute, kids I read it to loved it and I myself loved it.
Would you be brave and bold?
Would you face up to your fears?
Would you jump in?
You can’t know the answer, can you? Not really. You can’t know what you’d do until the very moment when you’re standing above the piranha tank and the piranhas are gazing up at you and showing their teeth.
It’s nice to wonder though, isn’t it?”
A heartwarming tale about a boy who- you guessed it!- swims with piranhas! There’s more to it than that though, obviously. There’s fish canning and DAFT envistigators and a hook-a-duck stall and so much more.
Absolute madness, as to be expected from a David Almond book. Fun, utterly daft madness, with cute illustrations and little pearls of wisdom sprinkled throughout. I think my favourite was:
“What is the purpose of living if there are no perils to be encountered and overcome?”
Fun and short and cute, kids I read it to loved it and I myself loved it.
smitz's review against another edition
5.0
This man is insane. Absolutely Barmy and Bonkers and Nutters himself. Such a wonderful book.
ceciliux's review against another edition
4.0
Una historia que nos cuenta que los sueños se consiguen cuando vamos por ellos y que la familia, la que tienes y la que vas construyendo con tus amigos o la gente que te rodea, es fundamental en la vida.
adrielleshay's review against another edition
4.0
"Every mind contains the seeds of weird and wonderful dreams."
wybrednamaruda's review against another edition
O chłopcu, który pływał z piraniami. Tym razem spotykamy Stana, który pomaga wujkowi w prowadzenia fabryki z konserwami. pewnego dnia trafia do wesołego miasteczka, ratuje przed śmiercią złotą rybkę i od tego dnia jego życie się zmienia i wkraczają do niego piranie. Ta opowieść spodobała mi się nieco bardziej ze względu na szybszą akcję. Jednak tu także znajdziemy przemyślenia, do których zostaną zmobilizowani nawet starsi odbiorcy: zaczniemy myśleć o naszej odwadze lub jej braku, o tym, co robimy w swoim życiu, a z czego zrezygnowaliśmy, bo obawialiśmy się niechcianych konsekwencji. Ta powiastka jest jednocześnie napisana nieco prostszym językiem, bardziej przystosowanym do młodszych czytelników.
Całość:
http://secret-books.blogspot.com/2016/10/dla-starszych-i-modszych-noah-ucieka-o.html
Całość:
http://secret-books.blogspot.com/2016/10/dla-starszych-i-modszych-noah-ucieka-o.html
dostojevskijs's review against another edition
4.0
Ever since Stanley Pott's parents died, he has been living with his aunt and uncle. They're great, really. But Stan's uncle recently got the taste for canning fish, and he has turned the whole house into a can factory – he's used up every room to the point where Stan lives in a cupboard, waiting for his uncle to get over his fish canning passion.
But when his aunt and uncle are suddenly thrown out of their house by the department of fishy business and his uncle cooks twelve of Stan's beloved gold fish; he sees no other choice but to leave. Thankfully, there's a circus in town and they offer to take Stan along with them. Suddenly, he is on a true adventure where he doesn't only have to clean plastic ducks and give out prices but he also searches for tents that suddenly appear out of nowhere and he meets the eccentric but brilliant Pancho Pirelli who is able to swim in a tank full of piranhas without getting as much as a chew on his ankle.
Pancho Pirelli sees something in Stanley, and offers to train him to take his place one day. But is Stanley bold and brave enough to dive into a tank of piranhas, and make his own destiny?
Stanley is honestly such a wonderful character. He is sweet, caring and has such a heart of gold – it is hard not to love him from the first page. He hasn't had any easy life but he is so concerned about all living things, and even makes sure the fish that he has to give as prices at the circus are well taken care of by making the winners sign a contract where they promise to take well care of the fish.
It's a hilarious and sweet story about bravery but also about family and caring about others than yourself. It is definitely a children's book but it's just as entertaining at the age of nineteen; at least almost, anyway. But I guess the difference is that a child would consider it an adventure story whilst I want to categorise it as a story about family and love.
God, I wish I could be more like Stanley Pott. Just a little bit. We should all be more like Stanley Pott. It definitely wouldn't hurt. But I guess every circus would be over-crowded with no actual audience if that was the case. Oh well.
But when his aunt and uncle are suddenly thrown out of their house by the department of fishy business and his uncle cooks twelve of Stan's beloved gold fish; he sees no other choice but to leave. Thankfully, there's a circus in town and they offer to take Stan along with them. Suddenly, he is on a true adventure where he doesn't only have to clean plastic ducks and give out prices but he also searches for tents that suddenly appear out of nowhere and he meets the eccentric but brilliant Pancho Pirelli who is able to swim in a tank full of piranhas without getting as much as a chew on his ankle.
Pancho Pirelli sees something in Stanley, and offers to train him to take his place one day. But is Stanley bold and brave enough to dive into a tank of piranhas, and make his own destiny?
Stanley is honestly such a wonderful character. He is sweet, caring and has such a heart of gold – it is hard not to love him from the first page. He hasn't had any easy life but he is so concerned about all living things, and even makes sure the fish that he has to give as prices at the circus are well taken care of by making the winners sign a contract where they promise to take well care of the fish.
It's a hilarious and sweet story about bravery but also about family and caring about others than yourself. It is definitely a children's book but it's just as entertaining at the age of nineteen; at least almost, anyway. But I guess the difference is that a child would consider it an adventure story whilst I want to categorise it as a story about family and love.
God, I wish I could be more like Stanley Pott. Just a little bit. We should all be more like Stanley Pott. It definitely wouldn't hurt. But I guess every circus would be over-crowded with no actual audience if that was the case. Oh well.
katyjean81's review against another edition
5.0
Really great. The narrator does such an amazing job of making you feel like you're part of the story, like you're narrating with them.
Seriously though, the narrator guides your imagination so that you can't help but create soaring images and pictures in your kind, so that you can create and believe in the impossible.
The characters are hilariously quirky.
Truly excellent. Great potential for a read-aloud
Seriously though, the narrator guides your imagination so that you can't help but create soaring images and pictures in your kind, so that you can create and believe in the impossible.
The characters are hilariously quirky.
Truly excellent. Great potential for a read-aloud
librarianna's review against another edition
4.0
Reading this story brought me back to the days of reading Roald Dahl for the first time. Absolute crazy joy.
alinaborger's review against another edition
Part Roald Dahl, part Series of Unfortunate Events, this charming book tells the story of Stanley
Potts, who runs away with the carnival when his Uncle gets an entrepreneurial fever for canning fish and even--gasp!--fries up Stanley's beloved goldfish. Stanley revolutionizes the hook-a-duck stall, convincing every winner to sign goldfish adoption papers, and even convincing the stall owner's sour daughter to take a second chance on friendship and laughter. When his aunt and uncle show up looking for him, he's been mentored by the man who swims with piranhas, and is just about to jump into a tank full of the sharp-teethed monsters himself.
The most interesting craft element of this text is the narration. Almond created a sympathetic but adult voice, firmly outside the story itself--very Dear Reader. However, rather than feeling more distant from Stanley's story, it actually drew me in quite dramatically. Almond accomplished this feat by making his narrator 100% on Stanley's side. If Stanley had been telling me these quasi-outlandish events himself, I might have considered him unreliable or hyperbolic. But because of this unusual adult voice, I never doubted the veracity of Stanley's story--and so was free to enjoy its utter whimsy.
(It kind of reminds me of what Erin Morgenstern did in THE NIGHT CIRCUS with the inter-chapter materials, actually).
Potts, who runs away with the carnival when his Uncle gets an entrepreneurial fever for canning fish and even--gasp!--fries up Stanley's beloved goldfish. Stanley revolutionizes the hook-a-duck stall, convincing every winner to sign goldfish adoption papers, and even convincing the stall owner's sour daughter to take a second chance on friendship and laughter. When his aunt and uncle show up looking for him, he's been mentored by the man who swims with piranhas, and is just about to jump into a tank full of the sharp-teethed monsters himself.
The most interesting craft element of this text is the narration. Almond created a sympathetic but adult voice, firmly outside the story itself--very Dear Reader. However, rather than feeling more distant from Stanley's story, it actually drew me in quite dramatically. Almond accomplished this feat by making his narrator 100% on Stanley's side. If Stanley had been telling me these quasi-outlandish events himself, I might have considered him unreliable or hyperbolic. But because of this unusual adult voice, I never doubted the veracity of Stanley's story--and so was free to enjoy its utter whimsy.
(It kind of reminds me of what Erin Morgenstern did in THE NIGHT CIRCUS with the inter-chapter materials, actually).