Herman and Rosie is a wonderful story from Gus Gordon featuring two characters coping with city life.
Herman and Rosie both love the exciting elements of the city, but both find that it can also be lonely.
Gordon introduces us to each character. He explores their likes and dislikes with a wonderful narrative which is quite poetic.
“It [someone singing] made him feel like he had eaten honey straight from the jar.”
Herman has a day job selling ‘things’, whilst at night he fulfils his love of music playing ‘a groovy little jazz number’ on his oboe. Rosie works in a restaurant by day, once a week she shares her wonderful vocals at a very groovy looking jazz club.
When they hit hard times, they both find solace in different ways and then…
Poignant and heartfelt, Gordon conveys each character exquisitely. The well developed plot line is clever, thoughtful and incredibly endearing to the point older readers will also gain something from the story that is told.
Gordon’s illustrations are a wonderful mix of mediums, whilst the end papers feature maps of Manhattan detailing the key places relevant to Herman and Rosie.
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