4.19 AVERAGE

medium-paced

bextherex's review

5.0
emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

I found this book at my Uncle's house during our family reunion. He loves clowns and he was also a minister at a big church in North Carolina, so I know that they got this book when my cousin was young because he loves clowns. This also has a religious theme to it so this is like the perfect story for him. So, it was fun reading this to not only my niece and nephew, but other kids of my cousins. We set it up like a reading time at the library where I read a page and showed them the pictures.

The story is a tiny bit long, but it's good. An orphan can juggle and he finds a traveling show to join and learn from. He learns a new act and spends his life going about entertaining people all over the land. When he is an old man, everyone has seen him and they are no longer amazed by him. He ends up homeless once more and finds his way to a monastery with a Madonna and child where the child is grumpy and serious looking. He performs for the statue as his heart moves him too and then you need to read the ending for yourself. I don't like to spoil them.

The story is set at the beginning of the Renaissance. This is a famous old French legend that was part of the storyteller tradition. This is ink and watercolors.

The kids thought this was a fun story to read together. The story did keep their attention and the kids said that they thought it was a 3 or 4 star story with only my nephew saying it was only 2 stars just to be a prankster.

A nice enough story with okay art and writing. But really doesn't do anything for me. And isn't one I'd go out of my way to share.

My absolute favorite children’s book!

I love this book so much
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minda's review

2.5
inspiring medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The Clown of God by Tomie dePaola

calistareads's review

4.0

I found this book at my Uncle's house during our family reunion. He loves clowns and he was also a minister at a big church in North Carolina, so I know that they got this book when my cousin was young because he loves clowns. This also has a religious theme to it so this is like the perfect story for him. So, it was fun reading this to not only my niece and nephew, but other kids of my cousins. We set it up like a reading time at the library where I read a page and showed them the pictures.

The story is a tiny bit long, but it's good. An orphan can juggle and he finds a traveling show to join and learn from. He learns a new act and spends his life going about entertaining people all over the land. When he is an old man, everyone has seen him and they are no longer amazed by him. He ends up homeless once more and finds his way to a monastery with a Madonna and child where the child is grumpy and serious looking. He performs for the statue as his heart moves him too and then you need to read the ending for yourself. I don't like to spoil them.

The story is set at the beginning of the Renaissance. This is a famous old French legend that was part of the storyteller tradition. This is ink and watercolors.

The kids thought this was a fun story to read together. The story did keep their attention and the kids said that they thought it was a 3 or 4 star story with only my nephew saying it was only 2 stars just to be a prankster.