Becky Rubinstein Wolojviañsky
An ironic picture book in which the real winners turn out to be the book and reading.
El libro álbum –traducido al inglés por Nicole Silberstein G.--se apega a las características del género, muy en boga hoy día a nivel mundial: es sintético, “va al grano” y se complementa, como debe ser, con las viñetas. El texto es totalmente irónico, donde el mundo al revés prevalece: aparentemente el protagonista niño se siente desencantado porque su mamá no cumple sus deseos cuando acompaña a su mamá de compras. Se encapricha –esa es la palabra-- con lo que su madre no está dispuesta a comprarle, como un pato o una gallina. Cae en sus manos un libro… y de ahí hasta el final del libro, se desencadenan situaciones chuscas, acompañadas de poesía, donde los ganadores son, a la postre el libro y la lectura. The picture book—translated into English by Nicole Silberstein G.—sticks to the characteristics of the genre, which is very popular worldwide today: it’s concise, “gets straight to the point,” and is complemented, as it should be, with the illustrations. The text is completely ironic, where an upside-down world prevails: apparently, the young protagonist feels disappointed because his mom doesn’t fulfill his wishes when he goes shopping with her. He becomes fixated—that’s the word—on things his mother is not willing to buy him, like a duck or a chicken. He comes across a book… and from there to the end of the story, funny situations unfold, accompanied by poetry, where the real winners turn out to be the book and reading.
