Children’s book tip: “Whenever the rattle comes” – Culture

It’s very small at first, but it will grow. House size and beyond. The fantasy creature called Rappel looks like a furry tiger dragon. Very friendly indeed, even if it is an animalistic approach to an unpleasant human emotional state. Downing is that combination of anger, annoyance and motivation that has positive consequences only in rare cases and in the best cases: for example a well-cleaned apartment.

In this colorful and delightful picture book by Carolyn and Alexandra Helm, young Rubble chases first two children, then their parents and grandparents – until he is now human-sized, following his already angry neighbor, Mrs. Warmbier. With it, Rappel writes letters of complaint, complains, criticizes, and continues to grow. Until Mrs. Warmbier finds a friend, Mr. Calty, who is also in a bad mood and just moved in next door with his giant rattle.

Helm and Helm succeed in telling the story, without quite any pedagogical enthusiasm, but with pure entertainment, of how bad moods and misguided desires at work overtake everyone, and that friendship, above all, helps prevent rattles from becoming chronic. At last the little rascals, reduced to gentle ingenuity, play with Mrs. Warmbier and Mr. Calty, of course, “Don’t be mad, man.”