Common Sense Note
The Lilliputian world works its magic here with flair as George sets about discovering how to enjoy himself on a small scale.
Common Sense Review
Reviewed By: Peter Lewis
Out of whimsy, Joyce silently spins a tale with this golden rule as a moral: Take the most confusing, improbable, and even potentially menacing situations presented to you by life, and run with them. Show some panache and watch how fear melts into air, or at least gets a good counterpunch. George has a catching zest that gets him into both fun and trouble, and, as such folk often have, a guardian angel is looking over his shoulder.
Practically the entire text here is the note left by George's parents, so it is his response to their commands--demonstrated in the artwork--that motors this book forth. Drawn from the perspective of George's reduced circumstances, the illustrations allow readers to be mouse-size for a minute, to see new details in a familiar world gone suddenly strange.
Some other Joyce books well worth a gander are A Day With Wilbur Robinson and The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs.
Plot Summary:
The world suddenly gets very big for George, who wakes from his nap to find he is a literal pint-size lad, in William Joyce's picture book. But he takes to his new circumstances with a sportiness that becomes him, feeding the goldfish while riding on their backs and taking his model plane for a spin to catch some fresh air.
Related Books:
Another kindred spirit of a book is Florence Parry Heide's The Shrinking of Treehorn, illustrated by Edward Gorey.
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