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One Fine Day

Randolph Caldecott Medal

One Fine Day

Nonny Hogrogian

An Armenian folktale built through cumulative repetition as a fox bargains with people and animals. Soft colors and carefully balanced compositions give the exchange tale a calm, lyrical tone.

folktale retellingcumulative structureeveryday kindnesspoetic imagery

Work Information

Each favor triggers the next bargain.

A spare, poetic picture book retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian.

Book Information

Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published
1971-08-01
Pages
32 pages
Language
英語
Size
21.18 x 26.11 x 0.99 cm
ISBN-13
9780027440003
ISBN-10
0027440001
Price
3898 JPY
Category
洋書/Children's Books/Animals/Foxes & Wolves

This humorous retelling of a favorite Armenian folktale is a story small children will follow and read along with ease. “One fine day a fox traveled through the great forest. When he reached the other side he was very thirsty.” The jaunty red fox stole milk from an old farm woman, lost his tail under the annoyed woman’s knife, and spent the day bargaining to get it back. Awarded the Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished picture book of 1971.

Nonny Hogrogian is a two-time winner of the Caldecott Medal, first for Always Room for One More (1966), and second for One Fine Day (1972). She also received a Caldecott Honor for The Contest (1974). Her husband, poet David Kherdian, received a Newbery Honor for The Road from Home: The Story of an Armenian Girl (1979). They live in Florence, Massachusetts.

Reviews

  • キツネは尻尾をもとの位置にぬいつけてもらうために

    キツネはとてものどが渇いていたので、おばあさんのミルクを飲んでしまった。おばあさんはとても怒って、キツネの尻尾を切った。 キツネは尻尾をもとの位置にぬいつけてもらうために、泣きながら牛に草に水に少女に…乞い願うのだった。 イラストは厚紙に筆致が残るような描き方。キツネ・牛・鶏・ロバ、おばあさん・少女・行商人、背景などすべて同じ筆致で表現されている。 色調はどちらかといえば暗めだけれど、絵本特有の印刷されていない余白の部分があるので、それほど気にならない。アルメニアの民話に触発され描かれた。 こうした物語の類型は、Joseph jacobsの”English Fairy Tales”(木下順二訳『ジャックと豆のつるーイギリス民話選』岩波書店、1967年)のThe Old Woman and her Pig https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/type2030.html で読める。おばあさんが市場で豚を買って、帰ろうとしたら、豚が柵を越えたがらない。犬に噛ませようとしたが、犬はなんにもしないので、これじゃ夜までに家に帰れそうにもない。そして棒・火.水・牛・肉屋に頼むけれど…。 〈カバーのそでの作者紹介より〉ノニー・ホグローギアン(1932- )、アルメニア出身の両親によりニューヨークで生まれた。ブックデザイナーとしてキャリアをスタートさせたが、すぐに自分の本を描きはじめた。 1966年にAways Room for One Moreで、1971年にOne Fine Dayでコールデコット賞を受賞。A.L.A. (アメリカ図書館協会)注目の本もあるとか。詩人のデビッド・ケルディアンと結婚している。ふたりはニューハンプシャーの農家に住んでいる。

  • しっぽを取り返せ!

    ノドガ乾いてしまったキツネは、おばあさんが焚き木を拾っている間に 近くにあったミルクを飲んでしまうのです。 運悪く見つかってしまい、しっぽを取られてしまうのです。 「しっぽを返して。でないと友達に笑われる」 と言いますが、「ミルクを返してくれたら、元に戻す」と言われます。 ここからが、しっぽを取り返すために繰り広げられるストーリー。 まずは、牛にミルクももらいに行きますが 「食べ物の草が欲しい。くれたらミルクをあげる」 といわれます。次に草に「ちょっと草を分けて欲しい」とお願いすると 「水を与えて欲しい」と言われ、水を求めにさまよいます。 そのように次々と新しい課題を求めて、キツネはさまよいます。 キツネのひたむきな様子が、じーんと心に残ります。 なんとなく、懐かしさが残るストーリーです。 心温まる話ですので、何度読んでも飽きません。 ちょっと最近のお気に入りの一冊になっています。

  • A Book to Encourage Compassion

    This is one of my favorite books for preschoolers! The fox has lost his tail. He is afraid his friends will laugh at him. He asks for help from many sources, but none will freely help him. Each has a condition the fox must meet before they will help. Finally the fox meets the miller. The miller freely gives the fox the grain - without asking for anything in return - because he is a good man. The fox then has what he needs to give what was required for each previous request for help so he can meet the condition for having his tail sewn back in place. That is a long run-on sentence which reflects the style of writing in this cumulative tale. With his tail restored, the fox can join his friends. Friendship is a big issue with four-year-olds. Compassion is a virtue we need to foster in our children. A fox tail cut from posterboard can be used to play "Tail, Tail, Who Has the Tail?" It is played the same way the classic game "Button, Button" is played. A card game where heads and tails of various animals are matched is a great follow up for this book.

  • Fast delivery

    Lovely book

  • Suitable for younger children.

    It is not a very interesting story or maybe my 6yrs old is old for it.

  • Gorgeously Illustrated Armenian National Tale

    Beautifully illustrated Armenian national tale. Nonny Hogrogian has won two Caldecott Medals for her wonderfully illustrated books and it's for a good reason. The illustrations give a true sense of the Armenian countryside, with expressive main characters wearing national costumes. The grandma in the book was inspired by the author's own grandma and is not just very expressive, but also authentic, which I absolutely loved. For those who complain about fox's tail being cut - it's funny to hear this when there is so much intense violence in kids' media that no one seems to care about, Tomm and Jerry, anyone? It's a tale that has several layers to it - it teaches consequences, how everything is connected in this world, and how ultimately kindness is what saves the day. I bought all Nonny's books after reading this one!

  • Great for storytelling.

    plan to tell this story and use a fox puppet with a detachable tail.

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