- Hardcover: 80 pages
- Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson (2 Sep 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0283070315
- ISBN-13: 978-0283070310
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 19 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 508,940 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A beautiful and inspiring gift book about childhood.
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Aimed at adults and older children, this is a wise and wonderful book about the experience of being a child. It tells the deceptively simple story of a boy called Jack who ran away from home, setting out into the dark world alone. He found himself in a deep forest where a gang of monsters sat, eating fried hamster and having chat. Together they embarked on a magical journey of discovery . . . one that would open Jack's eyes to his parents' real feelings. Alongside the story are inspirational sayings that add depth and insight, giving an adult's view of joys and pain of childhood . This is a beautifully illustrated and designed book that will make an irresistible self purchase as well as the perfect gift. It will appeal to the adults and children who love Antoine de Saint-Exupery's classic The Little Prince, as well as those who like the challenging stories in Tim Burton's The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy.
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Format:Hardcover
Compared to most books for kids which are anodyne and Barneyesque, this is quite dark, but also funny (try singing the song). My kids loved it, though I skip the quotes.
1 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I vehemently advise against buying this book. It is a shocking, blatant plagiary of Maurice Sendak's beautiful book, "Where the Wild Things Are" (which I would strongly recommend instead). Of course, like most imitations, it is a pathetic shadow of the original. The author tried to spice it up by putting literary quotes on each page (the kind that make you go, "ooo, that's deep..."), which only gives it a blasé, post-modern touch. Perfect for the Gauloise-smoking, "it's all been said before", nihilistic toddler.
In short: don't buy it for your kids. The pictures are scary, dark and ugly, total nightmare material. The story is vague and told from a smug, apologetic adult perspective, and the (boring) narrative is continuously interrupted by even more boring quotes (probably picked up in a evening's worth of Googling). I wouldn't recommend it for adults either, but then you might happen to know someone just as obtuse and irritating.
I'm a busy mom of three, and I never bother writing reviews like this, but this book was so disgusting, I felt I had a duty to warn people.
In short: don't buy it for your kids. The pictures are scary, dark and ugly, total nightmare material. The story is vague and told from a smug, apologetic adult perspective, and the (boring) narrative is continuously interrupted by even more boring quotes (probably picked up in a evening's worth of Googling). I wouldn't recommend it for adults either, but then you might happen to know someone just as obtuse and irritating.
I'm a busy mom of three, and I never bother writing reviews like this, but this book was so disgusting, I felt I had a duty to warn people.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Safe From Harm
13 Nov 2006
Format:Hardcover
Safe from harm is one of the most wise and beautiful books I've ever bought and it is a book for people of any age. I read the whole thing every day for a week, each time finding tiny but magnificent little truths that I'd missed previously. It is a book to grow into and up with and actually cuts to the very heart of some of the most important realizations people try to make in pschotherapy. I know it has deeply touched all those I have given it to and I applaud the authors and publisher for taking such a risk in style and format. It truly is a gift that keeps giving
Neal Drinnan
Neal Drinnan
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