| 词条 | Lucky and Squash |
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| italic title = | name = Lucky and Squash | image = Lucky and Squash.jpg | image_size = | alt = The words "LUCKY and SQUASH" in red forming a semicircle above two dogs, the one on the left a shaggy butterscotch-and-white and the one on the right a short-haired black-and-white | caption = Cover | author = Jeanne Birdsall | audio_read_by = | title_orig = | orig_lang_code = | title_working = | translator = | illustrator = Jane Dyer | cover_artist = Jane Dyer | country = United States | language = English | series = | release_number = | subject = Dogs Friendship Matchmaking | genre = Picture book | set_in = New York City, United States | published = 2012 (Harper) | publisher = | publisher2 = | pub_date = | english_pub_date = | media_type = | pages = 32 | awards = | isbn = 0060831502 | isbn_note = | oclc = 651153674 | dewey = E BIR | congress = PZ7.B51197Luc 2012 | preceded_by = | followed_by = | native_wikisource = | wikisource = | notes = | exclude_cover = | website = }} Lucky and Squash is a 2012 American children's book written by Jeanne Birdsall and illustrated with watercolor paintings by Jane Dyer published by Harper. The two eponymous characters are dogs based on Birdsall's and Dyer's actual dogs, Cagney and Scuppers, a Boston Terrier and a Tibetan Terrier respectively. Lucky and Squash received generally positive reviews. A School Library Journal article praises Birdsall's writing, describing the story as funny, sweet, heartwarming, and suspenseful. A Publishers Weekly review refers to Lucky and Squash as almost being "Emma meets Ferris Bueller's Day Off with wagging tails" and states that Birdsall's "genial, intimate storytelling instantly establishes a bond with readers".[1] A Booklist reviewer compares the story's dog characters to Pyramus and Thisbe, lovers in Ovid's Metamorphoses who, frustrated by being separated by a wall, conspire to run away together. An article in Kirkus Reviews calls the illustrations charming and says that they "have all the clever details that are Dyer's signature touch".[2]BackgroundLucky and Squash is a children's book by Jeanne Birdsall, author of Flora's Very Windy Day. It is illustrated with watercolor paintings by Jane Dyer,[1] illustrator of more than fifty books,[1] Lucky and Squash was published in 2012 by Harper.[5] The book is appropriate for children between the ages of 3[2] and 7.[1] The eponymous characters are dogs, Lucky being a brave Lhasa Apso and Squash being a smart Boston Terrier.[2] They are based on two real dogs who knew each other since they were puppies and often played together: Cagney, Birdsall's Boston Terrier; and Scuppers, Dyer's Tibetan Terrier.[3]PlotLucky and Squash are neighbors separated by a fence that prevents them from playing together. Lucky's owner, Mr. Bernard, and Squash's owner, Miss Violet, are both single and have never spoken to each other because they are so shy. Lucky and Squash decide to run away hoping that, when their owners come rescue them, the two owners will meet, fall in love, and get married, thereby making the dogs "brothers" and allowing them to play together whenever they wish. Lucky and Squash escape from their respective yards three days in a row and go on adventures. The owners do meet and fall in love. ReceptionA Publishers Weekly review refers to Lucky and Squash as almost being "Emma meets Ferris Bueller's Day Off with wagging tails"{{efn|Emma is an 1815 novel by Jane Austen in which the titular character is an aspiring matchmaker.[5] Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a 1986 film in which the eponymous character and his best friend go on a fun adventure instead of going to school.[6]}} and states that Birdsall's "genial, intimate storytelling instantly establishes a bond with readers".[7] An article in Kirkus Reviews suggests that Lucky and Squash is similar to a fairy tale in its narrative structure, language, and romantic wedding scene conclusion. This reviewer summarizes Lucky and Squash as a "gentle, entertaining story... good for dog lovers and romantics alike".[2] In a School Library Journal article, Anne Beier of the Hendrick Hudson Free Library in Montrose, New York gives the book a positive review, praising Birdsall's writing and describing the story as funny, sweet, heartwarming, and suspenseful. Beier especially praises the climactic scene of the dogs' capture by the bear, writing that the repeated story arc of running away is strong as a result of the increased tension. She calls the dog characters endearing and writes, "This title will be a hit at storytime or in a one-on-one setting".[8] Connie Fletcher of Booklist also gives the book a positive review, comparing the two eponymous characters to Pyramus and Thisbe,[5] two lovers in Ovid's poem Metamorphoses.[4]{{efn|Pyramus and Thisbe are lovers whose parents forbid them to marry. The two lovers live next-door to each other and are separated by a wall which prevents them from interacting beyond whispering to each other through a crack.[9] Tiring of the forced separation, Pyramus and Thisbe conspire to run away from their guardians and meet under a tree outside the city. Thisbe arrives first and, encountering a lion, flees, dropping her cloak, which the lion shreds. When Pyramus arrives and finds the cloak, he believes Thisbe to have been killed by a lion,[10] so he kills himself. Thisbe eventually returns and finds Pyramus dead,[11] so she kills herself as well.[12]}} In her review, Fletcher calls the book "a fun canine fantasy with humor, excitement, a happy ending, and, most important of all, two ridiculously adorable dogs that end up getting their way - as dogs tend to do".[13] The Publishers Weekly reviewer is critical of Dyer's illustrations, arguing that they do not provide the two dogs with sufficiently differing personalities. The reviewer calls the illustrations "pretty and sweet", but argues that they are too understated in their depiction of the dogs going on improbable adventures, such as snorkeling at the beach and riding in a hansom cab in Manhattan.[7] Other reviews of the book's illustrations were positive. Beier writes highly of the illustrations and states that Dyer's paintings of the dogs' faces are priceless, particularly in the scenes where they are looking at each other through the fence and those where they are in their owners' arms.[8] Similarly, the Kirkus reviewer calls the illustrations charming and writes that they "have all the clever details that are Dyer's signature touch", noting specifically the lavender frames of Miss Violet's eyeglasses and the inclusion of the dogs' names on their collars.[2] Fletcher suggests that, apart from the "ominous grays and greens" in the illustrations of the forest scenes with the bear, the pastel-colored illustrations in the book are evocative of 1940s picture postcards, which she considers "just right for such jolly capers".[13] {{clear}}Notes{{notelist}}References1. ^{{Cite news|work=The Republican|title=Children's Book Illustrator Jane Dyer of Cummington Recuperates from Attack in Home|author=Contrada, Fred|date=August 7, 2012|url=http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/08/childrens_book_illustrator_jan.html|accessdate=July 21, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005123326/http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/08/childrens_book_illustrator_jan.html|archivedate=October 5, 2015}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 {{Cite news|work=Kirkus Reviews|title=Lucky and Squash|date=March 7, 2012|volume=80|issue=7|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jeanne-birdsall/lucky-and-squash/|accessdate=July 21, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011041545/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jeanne-birdsall/lucky-and-squash/|archivedate=October 11, 2015}} 3. ^1 {{Cite web|title=Lucky and Squash|publisher=Jeanne Birdsall|url=http://jeannebirdsall.com/books/|accessdate=July 21, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912093919/http://jeannebirdsall.com/books/|archivedate=September 12, 2015}} 4. ^1 Ovid (2011), p. 62. 5. ^Ross (2002), p. 36. 6. ^Sarvady & Bennett (2004), pp. 77-78. 7. ^1 2 3 4 {{Cite news|work=Publishers Weekly|title=Lucky and Squash|date=March 12, 2012|volume=259|issue=11|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-083150-9|accessdate=July 21, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724042609/http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-083150-9|archivedate=July 24, 2015}} 8. ^1 {{Cite news|work=School Library Journal|title=Lucky and Squash|author=Beier, Anne|page=67|volume=58|issue=5|url=http://www.lexisnexis.com/lnacui2api/api/version1/getDocCui?lni=55J7-SY01-JBPJ-12JF&csi=270944,270077,11059,8411&hl=t&hv=t&hnsd=f&hns=t&hgn=t&oc=00240&perma=true|accessdate=July 21, 2015}} {{subscription required}} 9. ^Ovid (2011), p. 62. 10. ^1 Ovid (2011), p. 63. 11. ^Ovid (2011), p. 64. 12. ^Ovid (2011), p. 65. 13. ^1 2 3 4 {{Cite news|work=Booklist|title=Lucky and Squash|author=Fletcher, Connie|date=July 2012|volume=108|issue=21|page=71}} Bibliography{{Portal |Children's literature}}
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