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A father and his young daughter gather their tools and begin building a future where love can be set aside until it is needed, enemies become friends, and exploration is key.
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Jie Li Chu Ban She (2021)
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LibraryThing member nbmars
A father and daughter work together to build what they need for their lives, beginning with a house to be their home: “I’ll build your future and you’ll build mine.” They go on to put together whatever they will need, from the concrete, like a table “to drink our tea,” to the
Author/illustrator Jeffers uses his trademark, kid-friendly artwork that resembles child-like coloring, with warm colors and fun, quirky details.
This is a loving portrait of a father who clearly will do whatever is necessary to protect his daughter and help her realize her dreams. Recommended for ages 4 and up.
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intangible, like “some love to set aside.” Author/illustrator Jeffers uses his trademark, kid-friendly artwork that resembles child-like coloring, with warm colors and fun, quirky details.
This is a loving portrait of a father who clearly will do whatever is necessary to protect his daughter and help her realize her dreams. Recommended for ages 4 and up.
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LibraryThing member AbigailAdams26
Celebrated picture-book creator Oliver Jeffers returns to the form in this newest title, which offers a celebration of the father-daughter bond, and a hopeful vision of what that bond might produce, in the years to come. Together, the pair build a home for themselves, and together, they contend
Pairing a simple text in rhyme with gorgeously colorful artwork, What We'll Build: Plans for Our Together Future is clearly a follow-up to Jeffers' earlier Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth, published in 2017 as a love letter to the planet, and to his newborn son. Here we see that the inspiration is his daughter, Mari, and that the focus is on the future, rather than on the world as it is. Having absolutely loved that earlier book, I had high hopes for this one, and for the most part, I was not disappointed. While the rhyming text sometimes felt just a tad awkward (something I did not notice in the earlier book), I appreciated its message of hope and determination, when facing the world to come. The artwork, on the other hand, left absolutely nothing to be desire, and was simply beautiful. The vivid color palette, the stylized forms, the overall composition - it all worked splendidly. My favorite scenes were undoubtedly the ones featuring the witchy neighbor - witchy picture-books being a pet project of mine - and the ones with the beautiful red fox (another pet project). Recommended to Oliver Jeffers fans, and to picture-book readers looking for hopeful stories about the future, and all it holds.
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with any number of potential situations, from conflict with neighbors to travels to other locales...Pairing a simple text in rhyme with gorgeously colorful artwork, What We'll Build: Plans for Our Together Future is clearly a follow-up to Jeffers' earlier Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth, published in 2017 as a love letter to the planet, and to his newborn son. Here we see that the inspiration is his daughter, Mari, and that the focus is on the future, rather than on the world as it is. Having absolutely loved that earlier book, I had high hopes for this one, and for the most part, I was not disappointed. While the rhyming text sometimes felt just a tad awkward (something I did not notice in the earlier book), I appreciated its message of hope and determination, when facing the world to come. The artwork, on the other hand, left absolutely nothing to be desire, and was simply beautiful. The vivid color palette, the stylized forms, the overall composition - it all worked splendidly. My favorite scenes were undoubtedly the ones featuring the witchy neighbor - witchy picture-books being a pet project of mine - and the ones with the beautiful red fox (another pet project). Recommended to Oliver Jeffers fans, and to picture-book readers looking for hopeful stories about the future, and all it holds.
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Language
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Chinese
ISBN
7544863158 / 9787544863155
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