Pixar Animation Studio Artist Showcase: Over There
An Animated Storybook
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5.0 • 3 Ratings
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
Read along with this charming tale! Shredder is a little shrew who lives by himself, and while he loves his forest home, he gets a bit lonely. There must be something more, he thinks. So when he sees a “shiny object sparkling in the distance,” he goes on an adventure to find out what it is! He soon meets a mole named Nosey and together they continue to explore. But Shredder begins to miss the forest, so he and Nosey return together. Shredder realizes that all he really needed was a friend. Read by the author, the animated storybook of Over There will delight little ones with beautiful illustrations come to life and a soothing musical track.
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A shrew named Shredder lives in a woodland paradise of sculpted roots, glistening leaves, and filtered light, yet he's anxious and lonely: "And when he swung on a rubber band and sang a little song, there was no one to sing along." He sets off in search of something more he's not sure what. When the silver foil cup Shredder is using for a boat capsizes, and he's rescued by a mole, Nosey's casual self-introduction ("I'm a professional digger.... Wanna dig?") is the beginning of the friendship Shredder only half-realized he was seeking. Shredder's shrew-size den, with its bottle-cap dishes and matchbox bed, will draw smiles, while the silvery rivulets in which his boat founders testify to Pixar production artist Pilcher's ability to produce breathtaking visual effects. Pleasing tension is set up between the narration, told from Shredder's point of view ("When a giant shadow came over them, they hid inside a cave"), and the extra information that Pilcher reveals on the page the cave is a pair of worn leather work boots. Pilcher's debut will likely win Shredder more than one new friend. Ages 3 5.
