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Bookography -> The Jolly Mon
The Jolly Mon
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Release Date: |
1988
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Publisher: |
Voyager Books |
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Synopsis:
Caribbean sunlight shines through the pages of this picture book adventure. Sea green and blue color the illustrations, which strengthen and carry a good-natured but rambling
tale in bedtime story tradition. Jolly Mon, a fisherman gifted with extraordinary singing talent, finds a magic guitar and accepts its instructions to share the happiness of his
music with other islands.
Jolly Mon is neither individual nor active enough to make readers care for him, even when he is menaced by fierce pirates led by One-Eyed Rosy. Jolly Mon is a passive
protagonist: he is given a guitar and boat; he is rescued by a dolphin; he is chosen to be king. He earns nothing by his own effort, and this lack of struggle weakens the
story.
The score and lyrics to Buffet’s ballad Jolly Mon Sings summarize the narrative. Its five verses have an economy, grace, and excitement the longer narrative lacks. The book has
strong, imaginative illustrations, acrylic paintings reproduced on fine paper, which elementary-school-age children, especially those from the Caribbean area, will
enjoy.
- Anna Biagioni Hart, Sherwood Regional Lib . , Alexandria, Va.
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Buffett’s first book was called “The Jolly Mon.”
Notes on the book:
| - | “Jolly Mon” was the first book Jimmy wrote, with help from his daughter Savannah Jane, who was 9 at the
time.
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