Hello, Mister Cold

Carles Porta, 1963-

Book - 2018

Hidden far away between tall mountains, there lies a secret valley. You could pass it a hundred times and still not see it, unless you knew just where to look. Winter has arrived in the hidden valley, and with it a strange new visitor. When it seems that he has kidnapped little Yula, all the inhabitants come together to rescue her. But is the visitor really what he seems?

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Subjects
Genres
Picture books
Published
London : Flying Eye Books 2018.
Language
English
French
Main Author
Carles Porta, 1963- (author)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
44 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
ISBN
9781911171560
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Review by Kirkus Book Review

The second book in the Tales from the Hidden Valley picture-book series, translated from Spanish, sets the storybook tone by repeating its predecessor's lead-in paragraph, then moves into its winter-setting story.Maximilian Cold, "child of the richestcoldest family in town" wants to be a musician, so his horrified family disowns him. Then "The Band" he joins, disliking his musical improvisations, fires him. He hops a train, and the other musical hobos literally throw him out. Sheltering in a cave, he finds the floor giving way underneath him, and he slides amid "fossils and precious stones" to another worldthe world Yula and the other anthropomorphic animals of The Artists (2018) inhabit. Porta's whimsy shines as his impeccable design and fanciful illustrations are aided and abetted by the droll text. The tiny, onion-headed magical ballerina met previously (now delightfully called "Onion-head") finds the shivering Maxi and dresses him in so many layers of winter clothes that he looks like a big "Thing." The Thing inadvertently scares Yula (who was walking to Sara's), and she faints. Concerned, Maxi carries her to a hollow tree. A watching raven becomes alarmed and flies off to tell Sara, who notifies her quirky friends, and they come up with a madcap scheme to drive Maxi away. All ends well, though, presented so matter-of-factly that readers will have no concerns that Maxi and the animals won't become great friends. Maxi, the only human in the Hidden Valley, presents white.Delightful. (Picture book. 3-8) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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