Crazy hair

R$ 157,90

Sinopse

The duo responsible for The Wolves in the Walls (2003) return with another chaotic picture book popping with bright collage and multimedia imagery. A man takes umbrage with a young girl ogling his outrageous hairdo, and tells her in a series of increasingly ridiculous rhymes all the things that can be found in the stupendous swaths swirling upon his head (“Hunters send in expeditions, / Radio back their positions / Still, we’ve lost a dozen there / Lost inside my crazy hair.”) Each page is a veritable feast for the eyes, with frazzled clumps of hair competing for attention with outlandish elements—carousels, pirate ships, blue octopi, comb-eating bears—incorporated into the frenzied mix. There’s something a little unsettling and unhinged about the imagery, just on the safe side of nightmarish; but the text, for the most part, is delightful and glib. The whole thing comes off as a little self-gratifying on the creators’ parts, but there is no doubting the dazzling creativity on display. Perhaps best recommended for children with an adventurous artistic sensibility. Preschool-Grade 3."In my hair Gorillas leap, Tigers stalk, And ground sloths sleep. Prides of lions Make their lair Somewhere in my crazy hair."

Participantes

Autor: Neil Gaiman

Ilustrador: Dave Mckean

Autor

NEIL GAIMAN

Mistério, fantasia, humor requintado. Eis as linhas que se entrelaçam nas tramas de Neil Gaiman — um convite a transpor a muralha da realidade, como fizera Tristan Thorn, protagonista de O mistério da estrela – Stardust, romance publicado originalmente em edição ilustrada, que deu origem ao filme homônimo de 2007. Inglês radicado nos EUA, Gaiman é reverenciado mundialmente pelos fãs de quadrinhos por suas graphic novels, como a série Sandman. Inquieto e multipremiado, ele também escreve prosa e poesia, além de atuar como jornalista, roteirista, compositor e dramaturgo. Leitor voraz na infância de C.S. Lewis e J. R. R. Tolkien, entre outros, ele diz que não seria quem é sem as bibliotecas onde cresceu. Ler, afinal, é essencial à fantasia.