Reviews for Music Saddles and Flapjacks: Dudes at the Oto Ranch

The average rating for Music Saddles and Flapjacks: Dudes at the Oto Ranch based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-08-24 00:00:00 Sandra Margolin This is a huge book, nearly A3. Some parts are like a graphic novel, some have full page pictures and text. We loved this story, first read over a decade ago, we got to know a film version that is a regular festive viewing. Luckily we found this oversized book at a book fayre recently and have so enjoyed seeing these wonderful illustrations again. A polar bear climbs in through a young girls window, the drawings are exquisite, and the imagination of this illustrator in capturing the poses of a polar bear cuddling a small child and trying to climb into a bed much smaller than himself is excellent. We loved how the reader saw how the parents pretended to go along with the girls 'game' that she had a polar bear living upstairs, when the reader could see that the joke was on them and there actually was one. You could also see the odd moment when the polar bear facts that Tilly was relating to her parents proved our suspicions that the bear did exist. There were also some revealing parts where Tilly spoke to the bear unkindly, that the reader could read into Tilly's relationship with her parents perhaps. The reader was shown how Tilly's mum, busy to get off to work used similar cross expressions with Tilly. This is a hugely enjoyable story, and anyone who has enjoyed this, I would urge to watch the animated film version that has some beautiful extra sequences. The only downside for us, both with the book and the film, is that Tilly gets cross and frustrated with the bear and doesn't treat the bar kindly in places, I think we are meant to see this as Tilly treating the bear as she has experienced herself perhaps but when my children read this and saw this they both felt fed up with the way Tilly treated the bear. It's interesting that there was a film version of the book, that added parts, and now we would love to see a book version of the film.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-04-16 00:00:00 Harlan Frolich În mare, mi-a plăcut ideea unei prietenii imprevizibile și a fost o poveste drăguță despre cum aparențele pot înșela și poți găsi dragoste și înțelegere în cele mai neașteptate momente. Dar sub nicio formă nu recomand să fie lăsată pe mâna copiilor care știu să citească. Doar să parcurgeți împreună imaginile, să găsiți o explicație frumoasă pentru cele în care fata e desfigurată de nervi și să treceți peste apelativele oribile. Recenzia aici: