54795,This Is Me， Laughing,This Is Me， Laughing,0374374899,Lynea Bowdish,45.00,15.00,Farrar Straus & Giroux,J); 1st ed edition (March 1996,精裝,,,,This Is Me， Laughing, From School Library Journal PreS?The fact that laughter is infectious and that a good guffaw rebounds on its initiator are certainly observations worthy of exploring. But there is no genuine laughter here. A child describes the effect of her laughter on her family and neighbors， but Bowdish's minimal text is lifeless， its images flat and uninspired. Though portrayed in active poses， Gaffney-Kessell's figures are heavy and static and inconsistent in appearance. His paintings have a shadowy angularity that is haunting，" indeed， and thoroughly inappropriate to the subject. A book that broadly misses its mark.?Marcia Hupp， Mamaroneck Public Library， NYCopyright 1996 Reed Business Information， Inc. From Booklist Ages 2^-4. The joy of infectious laughter is the theme of this picture book. There's no real story， just a small girl telling how her laughter reaches everyone in her family and on her street. She makes them laugh with her. The smiling portraits are superreal， set within wonderfully detailed 3-D settings that open up windows and doors to light and texture and surprising perspective. Hazel Rochman See all Editorial Reviews"