Dav Pilkey
Hardcover | Pages: 32 pages Rating: 4.27 | 350 Users | 82 Reviews
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| Title | : | god bless the gargoyles |
| Author | : | Dav Pilkey |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 32 pages |
| Published | : | October 1st 1996 by Voyager Books (first published 1996) |
| Categories | : | Childrens. Picture Books. Fiction. Fantasy |
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Four separate adult friends of mine who've experienced horrific abuse cried over this book. I did, too. It is undoubtedly the most cathartic children's book I've ever read.The most popular reviewer of this book, who observes in passing that it's "goodhearted and kind" (even as, for example, "The Chronicles of Narnia" are *somewhat* Christian) finds it prosodically defective and theologically muddled. My reaction to that critique (in a comment, which I've decided to relocate) was the following:
You review a book that is ineffably uplifting, exquisitely illustrated, capable of evoking tears of relief... and your reaction is that it's "theologically dicey" and violative of the appropriate contextual application of anapestic tetrameter?? Well, okay. I'm sure its utility as an object of hermeneutic analysis in a seminary was just *exactly* what the author had in mind.
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| Original Title: | God Bless the Gargoyles |
| ISBN: | 0152002480 (ISBN13: 9780152002480) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 4.27 From 350 Users | 82 ReviewsPiece About Books god bless the gargoyles
Wonderful book for children and adults...a must read.Gargoyles are people too- they have feelings, a mysterious past, and good hearts- just what I always suspected about the little devils.
A Pilkey picture book few know about due to this popular humorous tales for kids. This is a beautifully illustrated book about the gargoyles and how they came into being and how they fly through the city at night. Adults will recognize classic art in some of the illustrations and smile at the flow of the narrative as they read it aloud, or to themselves. I don't know about child appeal but this is my all time favorite Pilkey title.
Four separate adult friends of mine who've experienced horrific abuse cried over this book. I did, too. It is undoubtedly the most cathartic children's book I've ever read.The most popular reviewer of this book, who observes in passing that it's "goodhearted and kind" (even as, for example, "The Chronicles of Narnia" are *somewhat* Christian) finds it prosodically defective and theologically muddled. My reaction to that critique (in a comment, which I've decided to relocate) was the following:
This is my all time favorite children's picture book.
Luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuv this book. Read this book to three of my various classes in various years. All three times my teacher and a few of my classmates started crying. I remember my dad and I used to sit on the couch and he would help me read it (I was still fairly new into the reading game >.< ) Still go back and reread it on occasion. I've in fact killed three copies of it.
Kid's books are mainline emotions and this is a killer book. If you don't cry when you read it, you got something missing in your heart.
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