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A poor farmer's tiny son, Chickpea is swallowed by a cow, and for a while is the wonder of the kingdom as a talking cow
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PreSchool-Grade 2In this touching variant of ``Tom Thumb,'' Glass dramatizes children's fears that being small, they are useless, and hence valueless to their parents. Chickpea's father, a poor farmer, has only his unremarkable cow and a son about four inches high. When the cow accidentally swallows Chickpea, the boy thinks that he can make his family's fortune by giving her a voice. The ``talking cow'' is taken to the Emperor, accompanied by the grieving father. There Chickpea learns, simultaneously, about the shallowness of Imperial attention and the depth of paternal love. (The mother has a slightly less prominent role, but she also gets the most stunning, Renaissance-like portrait in the book.) The satirical edge to both pictures and text will be appreciated by adult readers, and everyone should enjoy the warm, fuzzy, light-struck quality of the colorful line-and-wash pages. Their carnival air nicely offsets the social criticism and psychological seriousness of the themes.Patricia Dooley, formerly at Drexel University, Philadelphia
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When Chickpea, a farmer's son no taller than the grass, finds himself inside the mouth of a cow, he doesn't mean to deceive the visiting nobility. But his calls for help are mistaken for the voice of a talking cow, and so he hatches a scheme to make his family as rich as the other farmers in the village. The hoax backfires at the worst possible momentright in front of the emperor. Both Chickpea and his father are banished from the royal chambers in disgrace. And Chickpea's hoped-for wealth and fortune? A rich and lucky man, his father points out, is one who has a loving son. The story alone delivers a worthwhile message, but Glass's captivating illustrations enhance this simple tale: picturesque landscapes in muted pastels that glow with soft highlights, and rosy portraits of kindly soulsChickpea's generous father, the boy himself and Sweet Esmeralda, the cow. Ages 3-6.
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- PublisherLothrop Lee & Shepard
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0688061745
- ISBN 13 9780688061746
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages32
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