Oliver Button Is a Sissy
by Tomie dePaola
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Author: Tomie dePaolaBrand: Sandpiper
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1979-05-30
ISBN: 0156681404
Number of pages: 48
Publisher: Sandpiper
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- ISBN13: 9780156681407
- Condition: New
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Book Reviews of Oliver Button Is a Sissy
Book Review: Oh, so true to life!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I am saddened by the personal experience of another reviewer with heartless people. I wanted to comment, though, that while this is not how things worked out for them, this book could easily have been written as an autobiographical account of events for one of my dearest friends - indeed, my highschool sweetheart - who was a dancer, singer and actor with thick, long, wavy hair ... Oh boy, did he attract more than his fair share of teasing and bullying all the way through to our final year of high school. But, just like Oliver Button, he persevered, because he LOVED the arts - and still does, twenty years later!
At the beginning of our final year, we had a talent show for our grade. When he took to the stage, he copped the usual taunts from the 'cool jocks' in the audience ... and then he started to dance. He captivated the entire audience, including those who had teased him mercilessly for years. One of the teenage boys started to call something out after my friend had begun, but he was quickly punched in the arm and silenced by another teenager, higher up in the leadership ranks of the 'cool' group - something I was somewhat surprised, but delighted, to witness. My friend went on that evening to not only win the Dance portion of the talent show, but was also the Overall Winner of the entire talent show. He was never teased again, but instead admired and congratulated for his enormous talent and, I believe, for his persistence in the face of all that teasing, when it surely would have been easier to give it all up and just "fit in". Oliver Button had his shining moment at about seven years of age. My friend had to wait and persevere until sixteen for his! I will never forget that evening. And I will always hold in my heart the lesson of being true to yourself and what you love, even when (perhaps especially when) confronted by the mindless and cruel taunts of others and their smallminded expectations about what you should do/be/have.
I think this is an absolutely fabulous book, as does my eight year old son - he was cheering for Oliver Button all the way. The illustrations are so expressive and it is beautifully written. Another wonderful title by Tomie de Paola - highly recommended!! :-)
Summary of Oliver Button Is a Sissy
A little boy must come to terms with being teased and ostracized because he?d rather read books, paint pictures, and tap-dance than participate in sports. ?There is a good balance between the simple text . . . and the expressive pictures . . . an attractive little book.?--School Library Journal
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