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In a sequel to her bestselling When Sophie Gets Angry... , Caldecott Honor Illustrator Molly Bang asks: What hurts your feelings, and what do you do about it?Everyone's feelings get hurt, and it's especially painful in childhood. In this story, Bang's popular character Sophie is hurt when the other children laugh at her and tell her she's wrong. Sophie's face gets hot, and tears begin to flow. Then she questions herself and the value of the choices she's made.At issue is Sophie's colorful, expressive painting of her favorite tree. Sophie loves it, but her picture is different from the paintings done by the other students. "The sky isn't orange! Trees aren't blue! Your picture is wrong!" they tell her.In addition to the book's subtle art lesson (imagine the skies of Vincent van Gogh, for example), readers have the opportunity to compare and contrast all the paintings done in Sophie's class. In the end, the students learn there are many different ways to interpret the world -- and each other. Here is a simple story that tackles the common issue of hurt feelings as it gently helps us to be more kind.
Author Notes
Molly Bang was born in Princeton, New Jersey in 1943. After college, Bang taught English in Japan. She returned to the U.S and earned her graduate degree in East Asian Languages and Literatures, then worked in India, Bangladesh, and West Africa for Johns Hopkins, Unicef and Harvard. Her first books were translations of folktales, which she also illustrated.
Bang has received many awards and honors, including the prestigious Caldecott Honor Book Award three times, for The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher, Ten, Nine, Eight and When Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angry. She won the Giverny Award for Best Science Picture Book for Common Ground in 1998. Ten, Nine, Eight also won the ALA Notable Children's Book and When Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angry, won the Charlotte Zolotow Award. It was also an ALA Notable Book and a Jane Addams Children's Honor Book
Her titles include Nobody Particular: One Woman's Fight to Save the Bays, Tiger's Fall, Little Rat Sets Sail, My Light, and Picture This: Perception and Composition.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (5)
Publisher's Weekly Review
The heroine of Bang's When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry returns more than 15 years after that Caldecott Honor-winning picture book. At school, Sophie's class is asked to create pictures of their favorite trees from memory. When Sophie paints her favorite beech tree-the very one she took refuge in during the previous book-she colors it bright blue to show how happy it makes her feel. "You did it wrong," accuses another student, bringing Sophie to tears, but Sophie's empathic teacher intervenes: "Both artists looked carefully at their trees and made very different-and very special-paintings," she says, showing Sophie's painting beside the boy's realistically colored tree. Bang's thickly painted images exude energy and feeling, both in the children's expressions and through the exaggerated dimensions, angles, and colors. It's another lovely study in emotion from Bang and a thoughtful exploration of art-making. Ages 4-8. (Sept.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Horn Book Review
In Bangs now-classic When Sophie Gets AngryReally, Really Angry, Sophie coped with a volcanic episode of rage by communing with a favorite beech tree; both Sophie and the tree are back in a new book, this one about hurt feelingsalthough in truth its just as much about the creative process and how art functions. Sophies teacher gives the class an assignment: Find a tree you like a LOT. Look at it carefullyTomorrow youre going to paint that tree from memory. Sophie cant wait: she loves to paint, and she loves her tree. But her attempt at a realistic depiction doesnt capture what she wants to express, so she changes the gray of the trunk to a vibrant blue; makes the sky orange; outlines the branches in yellow (as if its shining). When a classmate ridicules her painting because the colors are wrong, Sophie is hurt and embarrassed. But smart Ms. Mulry comes to the rescue, helping Sophie and the whole class to understand how her painting works. Bangs own illustrations, in glowing colors with thick outlines, take readers step-by-step through the artistic process, constantly conveying emotion. A double-page spread of Sophie in despair uses perspective to show how distant Sophie feels from her painting; in contrast, the next double-page spread shows Ms. Mulrys arms encircling Sophie in warmth and comfort. But perhaps Bangs biggest accomplishment is managing to imbue her own realistic depiction of the beech tree with the same essence as Sophies purely emotional one. martha v. parravano (c) Copyright 2015. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
Sophie's teacher has assigned the class an art project: Find a tree you like a LOT and . . . paint that tree from memory. It's a fun assignment for Sophie, who loves color. However, when she joyfully paints her favorite beech tree's trunk a happy blue and the sky a popping orange, and outlines each leaf in shining yellow, her classmate Andrew says, We're supposed to paint a REAL tree, Sophie. You did it all WRONG! It's up to the teacher to uplift Sophie's crushed spirit, as she explains that pictures can use color to show feelings as well as reality. A happy conclusion celebrates a brilliant art show of diverse trees painted by the children: each has found something special and different in their depictions. Award-winning author and illustrator Bang's full-bleed, double-page spreads in rich and vibrant colors celebrate her love of the natural world, and her interiors with boldly outlined figures pop, as she demonstrates her skill and sensitivity in portraying children's emotions. A natural follow-up to her When Sophie Gets Angry Really, Really Angry (1999).--Gepson, Lolly Copyright 2015 Booklist
School Library Journal Review
K-Gr 3-Sophie is back, and so is the beech tree to which she retreats in the Caldecott Honor book When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry (Scholastic, 1999). This time her teacher asks the class to "find a tree you like a LOT. Look at it carefully.... Tomorrow you're going to paint that tree from memory." As she studies her tree, Sophie notes its thick base, how it thins as it reaches skyward and how the branches curve. She even notices how the sun makes the leaves glow. At school, the young artist wants to convey how happy and alive the tree makes her feel, so she paints it a vibrant turquoise with chartreuse leaves against an orange sky. "She paints yellow all around it, as if it's shining. She fills her shining tree with animals she has seen in the woods." Sadly, her pride and satisfaction are short-lived; "We're supposed to paint a REAL tree, Sophie. You did it WRONG!" Her classmates' whispers and laughter bring tears of hurt and embarrassment. "She wants to JUST NOT BE THERE.... She hates her picture." With gentle questions her wise teacher helps the children understand that "Sophie looked very carefully and painted what she saw...and she used color to show her feelings." Ms. Mulry is able to diffuse the situation without making accusations or taking sides, so that the children appreciate and respect one another's work. Bang has chosen a common school scenario and sees it through to a satisfying resolution. Her signature chunky, full-spread paintings celebrate color, creativity, and diversity. The hand-printed text complements the childlike art. VERDICT All libraries will want this bold offering for lessons on classroom manners, art, and individuality.-Barbara Auerbach, New York City Public Schools © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
From the author/illustrator of Caldecott Honor book When Sophie Gets AngryReally, Really Angry (1999) comes another book about coping with emotional upheaval. Sophie's a little older and her emotions, a bit more complex in this second, longer story. Her teacher gives the class an assignment to choose a tree to paint the next day. Sophie chooses her favorite beech tree, where she still finds comfort when she's angry or sad. Her tree's bark is gray, but using gray paint to represent it feels wrong somehow. Grappling with the challenge of conveying the happiness the tree gives her, she boldly paints it turquoise and makes the sky orange for contrast. She loves the way it looks, but her classmates laugh at her efforts, telling her that her painting is all wrong. Sophie is crushed and mortified. Bang uses perspective to great effect in a double-page spread showing Sophie from above, hands inert by her sides, shrinking away from both readers and her painting as the tears flow. Happily, the teacher steps in with a warm embrace and calmly talks the class through the different ways that their paintings all express their individual feelings about their trees. Bang's trademark striking colors and bold outlines enhance this welcome new book that's as much about the creative process as it is about emotion. (Picture book. 5-7) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
