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Torben Kulhmann s stunningly illustrated, nearly wordless tale offers a fascinating window into an imaginary, yet hauntingly familiar world under our feet, where a mole suddenly recognizes the precarious balance between progress and preservation But is it too late Kulhmann s open ended text encourages thoughtful exploration into possible solutions, and his delightful endpapers depict a montage of solutions that could very well save the moles world and ours. Free Read Kindle ePUB Moletown author Torben Kuhlmann – kino-fada.fr A surrealist picture book, almost without words, about the foundation and development of a mole city it s a bit like John Marsden s The Rabbits and a bit like J.G Ballard s Billennium but has a style all its own There is a beautiful animated trailer version here.______________________________A remarkably apposite passage from Pynchon s Against the Day, which I came across a couple of days later In the center of town, some huge underground construction venture was in progress, citiz...Cautionary tales for kids who can t do a darn thing about the original problem It s sort of a subgenre of its very own As I hold this lovely little book, Moletown, in my hands I am transported back in time to the moment I first encountered The Lorax by Dr Seuss A child of the 80s, my youth was a time when scaring kids straight was an accepted educational technique utilized in everything from environmental protection to saying no to drugs The film version of The Lorax bore this out and gave Cautionary tales for kids who can t do a darn thing about the original problem It s sort of a subgenre of its very own As I hold this lovely little book, Moletown, in my hands I am transported back in time to the moment I first encountered The Lorax by Dr Seuss A child of the 80s, my youth was a time when scaring kids straight was an accepted educational technique utilized in everything fr...Moletown manages to make its case by employing very few words the industrialization of Moletown has had a devastating impact on the environment and the moles seem stuck in a cycle of working and watching tv Hmmmm Torben Kuhlmann is a brilliant illustrator but I found this book to be very dark literally and depressing My kids really didn t care for this, though they loved Lindbergh The Tale of a Flying M...Disclaimer ARC via Netgalley I never really thought about moles much until I read William Horwood s Book of Silence Trilogy and his Duncton Chronicles the actual reading order should be Chronicles and then Silence I liked Wind in the Willows, but I was a Ratty person, if you know what I mean But after journeying with Horwood s Privet, Mayweed, Rooster, and others, I ve never looked at mole the same way Which is why when I saw this book as a read now option on Netgalley, I downloaded it K Disclaimer ARC via Netgalley I never really ...I would like to thank Netgalley, NorthSouth Books and the author Torben Kuhlmann for a free digital copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.It is hard to rate this book, as it has almost no text, but the pictures are amazing and the idea is something a lot of people are trying to shout out to the world it is of course about progress moles make and its impact on environment.This is a little children s book which haspictures than actual text and I think is a perfect way for p I would like to thank Netgalley, NorthSouth Books and the author Torben Kuhlmann for a free digital copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.It is hard to rate this book, as it has almost no text, but the pictures are amazing and the idea is something a lot of people are trying to shout out to the world it is of course about progress moles make and its impact on environment.This is a little children s book which haspic...Nearly wordless, the mole society in this book makes tons of progress, but at what cost This is going to be a fantastic book to read along with The Lorax or The Little House The illustrations are so rich I think I d like multiple copies so kids can pore over the detailsAnother stunningly illustrated this time wordless picture book from rising star and 2015 Golden Island prize winner of Nami Concours Torben Kuhlmann His detail and visual storytelling sense in this and his 2014 Lindberg are a pleasure to experience.The rise of a mole metropolis underground takes an environmental toll A stunningly illustrated cautionary tale.Vom Maulwurfsh gel zur Metropole unter der Erde Tief unten, unter einer saftiggr nen Wiese, lebt ein kleiner Maulwurf Er lebte ganz alleine dort, doch das blieb nicht lange so Nach ein paar Jahren gesellten sich immer mehr seiner Artgenossen hinzu und bauten gem tliche Maulwurfswohnungen unter der Wiese Maulwurfsh gel reihte sich an Maulwurfsh gel, immer gr er und gr er wurde die Siedlung, bis eine richtige Stadt daraus entstanden war Das Leben unterhalb der Grashalme hatte sich sehr ver nd Vom Maulwurfsh gel zur Metropole unter der Erde Tief unten, unter einer saftiggr nen Wiese, lebt ein kleiner Maulwurf Er lebte ganz alleine dort, doch das blieb nicht lange so Nach ein paar Jahren gesellten sich ...wow , it was sooo pretty, the paintings and to think that there was this deep meaning behind it it was just great

Moletown
  • English
  • 18 May 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 32 pages
  • 0735842086
  • Torben Kuhlmann
  • Moletown