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Adele and Simon
Barbara McClintock
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 8
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006, 0-374-38044-9
Today, as is usual on every school day, Adele is picking up her little brother Simon from his school. One of the first things Adele does is to ask her brother to “please try not to lose anything today.” From her words it sounds as if Simon is in the habit of losing things. Unfortunately today is no exception. The children are not far from the school when Simon realizes that he has lost the cat drawing that he did in class that day. The children are in the middle of a street market and they look and look everywhere for the picture but they cannot find it. On they walk through the Jardin de Plantes. Here Simon climbs a tree, much to Adele’s annoyance. He also manages to lose his books.
The children go from place to place through the colorful and vibrant city of Paris. They visit Pont-Neuf, the Louvre art museum, a patisserie where they have a snack, and many other places and in each one Simon loses something. Why, by the time they get home Simon has lost his coat, hat, gloves, scarf, sweater, knapsack, books, and crayons. Luckily the items he has lost find their way back to him.
Children will love this simple and amusing story, sympathizing with Simon and understanding how hard it is not to lose things every so often. Better still young readers will have a wonderful time trying to find Simon’s lost possessions in the detailed, meticulously executed drawings which fill the double page spreads. The soft colors in the beautiful artwork give the pictures a vintage feel.
At the back of the book the author includes information about each of the places that the two children visit and inside the covers readers will find a map of Paris which shows them where each of the places are.
Older Paris fans will also enjoy this gorgeous and superbly presented book.
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