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Crow Call (2009)

von Lois Lowry

Weitere Autoren: Bagram Ibatoulline (Illustrator)

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Nine-year-old Liz accompanies the stranger who is her father, just returned from the war, when he goes hunting for crows in Pennsylvania farmland.
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The story is about a father and daughter spending a special morning together. The father has been off fighting WWII for most of the daughter's life, so they're getting to know each other. Liz seems to be nine or ten years old. It's based on Lois Lowry's own life; there's even a picture of her as a child on the final page.

Lowry's writing is great as always, there are excellent details like the shirt and the pie, but the brown- and gray-toned illustrations didn't thrill me.

Add this to the list of picture books that are well-done, but may miss their audience because kids of the right age are all stuck on chapter books. ( )
  LibrarianDest | Jan 3, 2024 |
The story is touching and the illustrations are GORGEOUS! ( )
  Tarawyn | Sep 12, 2020 |
I bought this book solely for the illustrations ......and the illustrations are lovely. I noticed that the Illustrator has dedicated his part of the book to Andrew Wyeth, his favourite American Artist.And there is a touch of Andrew Wyaeth about the illustrations too. Maybe it's the soft muted colours and the woodlands.
But having now read the book, I found myself captivated by the story as well as by the illustrations. It's the story (apparently true) of the author going hunting with her father. And father is recently returned from the war ....it's 1945. And the daughter does not know him...he's a stranger. And some lovely "getting to know you" moments in this little story about going hunting together to kill the crows that eat the crops. And summoning up the crows with the wooden "crow-caller"...such power to draw the crows out. But they eventually decline to shoot any crows which is a good outcome for the little girl..the narrator.
Really, a charming book in all ways. And great illustrations ...basically in watercolour with some gouache. Happy to give this little book five stars. ( )
  booktsunami | Jun 21, 2020 |
What a beautiful story to tell about a moment that was clearly special to the author. I love that the language is rich and highly developed, no need to talk down to kids! ( )
  lissabeth21 | Oct 3, 2017 |
I liked this book for three reasons. The first reason I liked this book is because the illustrations accurately showed the time period of the book's setting. The book takes place in 1945 and the illustrations show the correct car models and clothing in that time period. The second reason I liked this book is because the characters are believable. The fact that the girl's father has just returned from war fits the time period because WWII ended in that year. Lizzie's feeling that her father is a stranger is also believable because he has been away for so long. The third reason I liked this book is because the language is very descriptive. The author used a lot of figurative language and sensory details to make the book extremely descriptive. The big idea of the book is that this girl, Lizzie, is reconnecting with her father after he has been gone for a long period of time. ( )
  hhilse1 | Apr 7, 2017 |
Marilyn Courtot (Children's Literature)
The story opens with a young girl heading out on a hunting trip with a father she has not seen for some time. He has been off fighting a war and now he is home. Previously when in town, Lizzie had spied a hunting shirt in a store window. It was a beautiful rainbow plaid, but way to big for such a young girl. No matter, her father made the purchase noting that she would never outgrow the shirt. They stop at a diner and have cherry pie for breakfast--Lizzie’s favorite thing to eat. They discuss the war and his fears--as well as her fears, in particular going hunting. They discuss the cycle of life and how crows eat the crops to survive. In spite of that Lizzie just doesn’t have it in her heart to hunt them. She uses her crow call and they flock to her and surround her. Lizzie says “They think I’m their friend!” Her father refrains from shooting the crows and leaves that for another day or another hunter. Today, he and his daughter walk hand--in-hand and head back home. The illustration by Ibatoulline are evocative of a frosty autumn morning--soft browns with a sky that is just beginning to light up. The trees bare of leaves and mist rising from the hills add a sense of mystery and fear as the two wait to see if the crows will respond to Lizzie’s call. They are a perfect match for the story. Lowry’s story will resonate today as it did back in 1945 when she went through the experience of reacquainting herself with a father who had recently returned from World War II. Today’s children are separated not only from fathers but mothers who head off to places like Afghanistan and Iraq, risking their lives and then having to come home and try to re-establish relationships with family and life in general. As Lois Lowry says on the closing page “And so this story is not really just my story, but everyone’s.” 2009, Scholastic, $16.99. Ages 7 up.
hinzugefügt von kthomp25 | bearbeitenChildren's Literature, Marilyn Courtot
 
Ilene Cooper (Booklist, Oct. 15, 2009 (Vol. 106, No. 4))
Starred Review* Drawing on a childhood memory, Lowry offers a story where the specific becomes universal. Lizzie’s father is back from the war, and to her, he is almost a stranger. He doesn’t even know how much she loves cherry pie. But he does understand when she picks out an unconventional adult-size hunting shirt, which at least she won’t outgrow. One cold morning, Lizzie dons her shirt and goes out with Daddy to hunt crows. Crows eat crops; of that there’s no doubt. Daddy has his shotgun. He’s given Lizzie a crow call so she can gather the birds together in the trees. In a subtle dialogue, Lizzie says things without saying the big thing on her mind: “I wish the crows didn’t eat the crops. . . . They might have babies to take care of.” Not wanting to disappoint her father, Lizzie calls the birds until they fill the sky, and then, after a breathless moment, her father, not wanting to disappoint Lizzie, takes her home. Each frame of the story is captured like an old-time movie in Ibatoulline’s tender watercolor and acrylic gouache artwork. Particularly effective is the double-page spread in which father and daughter walk among the leafless trees on that chilly autumn day, when their “words seemed etched and breakable on the brittle stillness.” In the end, words aren’t needed after all. Grades K-3
hinzugefügt von kthomp25 | bearbeitenIlene Cooper, Booklist
 

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