모자를 소재로 한 책중에서 Jon Klassen 의 This is not my hat 을 아이들이 재미있게 읽었던 기억이 납니다.
This is not my hat 은 2012년 미국에서 주는 Caldecott 상과 영국의 Kate Greenaway Medal 을 동시에 수상한 첫번째 동화책이기도 합니다.
독특한 분위기의 그림과 글... Fancy 하지않지만 뭔가 담담하고 절제된듯한 그림과 글이 세련된 느낌이었습니다.
얼마전 이 작가의 다른 모자 관련한 책을 보았는데 바로 " I want my hat back" 입니다.
This is not my hat 을 발표하기 일년전인 2011년의 작품입니다.
표정없고 무뚝뚝하지만 뭔가 맘이 따뜻할 것같은 곰이 동물들에게 자기 모자를 봤냐고 물어보고
어떤 동물은 짧게 대답하고 어떤 동물은 좀 더 길게... 다들 못 봤다고 하니까 Thank you anyway라는 말을 덤덤하게 날리고 돌아서다
모자가 너무 그립다며 누워있는 곰에게 사슴이 다가와서 던진 간단한 질문에
갑자기 생각하는 범인의 모습....
Witty하고 나름 재미있는 전개에 인기가 많았었습니다. 두 책 모두 New York Times 베스트셀러에 40주 이상 오래 기록되었습니다.
2016년에 발표된 We found a hat 이 이작가의 세번째 모자 시리즈의 완결판으로 알려져있습니다.
또 다른 모자를 소재로 한 책을 쓸지는 모르겠지만...
다음번에는 This is not my hat 에 대해 소개해드리겠습니다.
A New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of 2011!
A picture-book delight by a rising talent tells a cumulative tale with a mischievous twist.
The bear’s hat is gone, and he wants it back. Patiently and politely, he asks the animals he comes across, one by one, whether they have seen it. Each animal says no, some more elaborately than others. But just as the bear begins to despond, a deer comes by and asks a simple question that sparks the bear’s memory and renews his search with a vengeance. Told completely in dialogue, this delicious take on the classic repetitive tale plays out in sly illustrations laced with visual humor-- and winks at the reader with a wry irreverence that will have kids of all ages thrilled to be in on the joke.
작가 Jon Klassen
Jon Klassen CM (born November 29, 1981)[1] is a Canadian writer and illustrator of children's books and an animator. He won both the American Caldecott Medal and the British Kate Greenaway Medal for children's book illustration, recognizing the 2012 picture book This Is Not My Hat, which he also wrote.[2][3][4][5] He is the first person to win both awards for the same work.[a]
This Is Not My Hat is a companion to Klassen's preceding picture book, I Want My Hat Back (2011), which was his first as both writer and illustrator.[6] Both books were on the New York Times Best Seller list for more than 40 weeks; by April 2014 one or the other had been translated into 22 languages and they had jointly surpassed one million worldwide sales.[6] Both books were recommended for children ages 5+ by the Greenaway judges.[7][8] Klassen's "hat" trilogy was completed with the publication of We Found a Hat (2016)