The Adventures of Polo
By Regis Faller
Roaring Brook Press; April 2006; 80 pp; $16.95 format
1596431601
Core Audience: All ages
Strengths: Magical wordless picture books about a little dog with big adventures; brilliant conception and illustration
Ah, petit chien! How do I love thee?
Let me count the ways…
1) I love the way your adventures are completely magical, and full of swell stuff like your bottomless backpack, your snug little boat, your house in a tree on a little island, and your wonderful friends of all kinds and colors. I want to come and live with you.
2) I love how your friend Regis Faller has packed each brightly colored frame of your adventure with wonderful details and unexpected developments.
3) I love that your stories will be just as interesting to a three-year-old as to a ten-year-old. I love that I find them interesting too.
4) I love that—like another hero of mine, MacGyver— you have everything you need to solve any problem on you at any time.
5) I love that you remind me of some of my other beloved friends like The Little Prince and TinTin, with all the lyricism and poetry of a movie like Spirited Away.
And let’s not forget that completely amazing website you’ve got. It’s just as wonderful as your books, like a sweet dream with a lovely soundtrack!
Magnifique, Polo, magnifique!
I look forward to may more wonderful adventures ahead.
Rated: 9.75
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March 11, 2007 at 9:13 pm
Polo: The Runaway Book (and a Trendwatch digression into emerging graphic forms for childen) « pixie stix kids pix
[...] of you who have been faithful readers know how much I loved Faller’s previous book The Adventures of Polo. Published first in France, these books about a little dog with a great imagination and a [...]
April 24, 2013 at 4:54 pm
Nona
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