Misty of Chincoteague
チンコテーグ島の野生のポニーと、そこに心を寄せる家族の願いを描いた海辺の冒険物語。Phantom とその仔馬 Misty をめぐる出来事を通して、自然の力強さと、自由を手放したくない気持ちが静かに立ち上がる。
作品情報
海と風に育まれたポニーたちが、子どもたちの願いとともに物語の中心へ立ち上がる。
チンコテーグ島のポニー群れを背景に、Paul と Maureen が野生の Phantom とその仔馬 Misty に心を奪われ、いつか自分たちのそばに迎えたいと願う物語。島の暮らし、ポニー・ペニングの賑わい、そして野生を手放すことの切なさが、明るい筆致の中で鮮やかに描かれる。
レビュー要約
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海辺の情景とポニーへの愛情が強く印象に残るという声が多い。古風な語り口は好みが分かれるが、温かさと冒険の高揚感が最後まで読者を引きつける。
書籍情報
- 出版社
- Aladdin
- 発売日
- 2006-12-26
- ページ数
- 176ページ
- 言語
- 英語
- サイズ
- 13.02 x 1.27 x 19.37 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781416927839
- ISBN-10
- 1416927832
- 価格
- 2105 JPY
- カテゴリ
- 洋書/Children's Books/Animals/Horses
Marguerite Henry’s beloved story of a wild horse’s gentle colt—winner of a Newbery Honor! On the island of Chincoteague, off the coasts of Virginia and Maryland, lives a centuries-old band of wild ponies. Among them is the most mysterious of all, Phantom, a rarely-seen mare that eludes all efforts to capture her—that is, until a young boy and girl lay eyes on her and determine that they can’t live without her. The frenzied roundup that follows on the next Pony Penning Day does indeed bring Phantom into their lives, in a way they never would have suspected. Phantom would forever be a creature of the wild. But her gentle, loyal colt Misty is another story altogether...
Marguerite Henry (1902–1997) was the beloved author of such classic horse stories as King of the Wind , Misty of Chincoteague , and Stormy, Misty’s Foal , and her work has won several Newbery Awards and Honors. Wesley Dennis was best known for his illustrations in collaboration with author Marguerite Henry. They published sixteen books together.
レビュー
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Good!
It's a pretty good book, but I kept feeling bad for Maureen. It's always her brother Paul who gets to be the hero, and never her. I liked how each person really had a personality, and felt ALIVE. I recommend this to horse lovers of all ages. It's a little sad, but it's still good!
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Read this as a child, and it is just as lovely now. The print is large and an easy read.
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Lovely story
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How many of us horse-crazy people grew up with Marguerite Henry's stories? I think Misty is the best of them all, especially because of its message to let the wild stay wild. The only criticism I have is of the often condescending treatment of Maureen, which I find annoying. Even the illustrations show her as second-class citizen.
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, A nice old book. The condition was fine and the delivery as promised. I used to read all of Marguerite Henry books and was happy to find one to send to my niece in Austria!
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I bought this as I had read it hundreds of times as a child. The book was in the condition as described, and the story has brought back meny happy memories of the times I read it so many decades ago.