Venezuela (Spanish)
171
Garmendia, Salvador (text)
Faría, Rosana
(illus.)
El turpial que vivió dos
veces (The trupial <yellow-breasted oriole> that lived twice)
Maracay, estado Aragua : Playco Ed., [2001]. - [44] p.
ISBN 980-6437-12-8
Birds - Trupial - Freedom - Protection of animals
This picture book relates the simple and touching story of a colourful
trupial, which is taken into captivity and regains freedom. Told from the bird's
point of view, the retrospective narrative focuses on the change of the boy, who
shoots the bird down from a tree with a sling, puts it in a cage, and finally,
of his own free will, releases it. The delicate double-spread colour
illustrations, partly on white, partly on brown paper, perfectly capture the
story's changing settings and shifting moods. Narrowing their focus from the
vast Venezuelan savannah to the confined space of the dark cage and widening it
again for the final scenes out in the open nature, they visualise the book's
message in an attractive and convincing way. (6+)