LUPINCHEN

by Binette Schroeder ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 27, 1970

Extravagantly hued, surreally imbued, change-of-scenery pictures are the sole support of the story of a doll who dwells in a garden alone but for Robert Bird. His wings make him free, but delicate Lupinchen is quite confined and curious, until gallant Robert brings two friends to visit (conceived as geometrics). Magic Box is a show-off and builds a perfect paper house to please the pretty doll, but neither he nor she heeds Humpty-Dumpty's wind-warning and all three are wafted away in it. Humpty snips part of the house into wings, and voila--a fine aeroplane; before long, though, he has to redo it as a boat since they land, alas, at sea. Then as it sinks, ""abandon ship"" to take refuge in Humpty's umbrella, when Robert Bird suddenly soars to the rescue: ""It's good to be back,"" sighs Lupinchen safely ensconced in the garden again. Why obliging Sir Robert didn't offer her his back for sightseeing from the very first is a moot--and probable--question; but if he had, this sugarplummeting affair would never have seen the world at all.

Pub Date: April 27, 1970

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Delacorte

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 1970

Categories: CHILDREN'S