All Categories
Product Description Aleksandra Mizielinska and Daniel Mizielinski graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland, in 2007. In 2010 they were nominated for the Bologna Ragazzi Award and have since been nominated for the IBBY Honor List. What antics were going on in the land of Mamoko back in the times of fair maidens, kings, and courtiers? This is the third book in the revolutionary Mamoko series, in which the reader becomes the storyteller, telling aloud their discoveries as they use their eyes to uncover the castle-load of characters packed into every page. From School Library Journal K-Gr 3—In the next installment in the wordless, seek-and-find "Mamoko" series (Big Picture), readers are sent to the medieval times of dragons, jesters, knights, and ladies. Each of the quirky characters are introduced in the front end pages with a question to lead kids' hunts into the volume's pages: "Tom Dott has a bark that's worse than his bite. Who finds this out?" The story of Mamoko is unfolded as children follow the various characters on their journeys to the castle. Readers first glimpse the characters on a country road with cross cut houses, barns, and open windows. Through those glimpses, they can establish the character's identity: traveler, thief, singer, or baker. The Mizielinskis's dense pictures come together to create a bustling world of plots and sideplots that will engage children for hours. VERDICT This is a great additional purchase for wordless collections.—Brittney Kosev, Dave Blair Elementary School, Farmers Branch, TX Review This is a great, colorful one-on-one additional purchase for wordless collections. —School Library Journal