Borka: The Adventures of a Goose with No Feathers is a children's picture book written and illustrated by John Burningham and published by Jonathan Cape in 1963. [1] It features a goose born without feathers, whose mother knits a jersey that helps in some ways. [1]
Borka was Burningham's first published book as an author or illustrator.Шаблон:Cn
For it he won the 1963 Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject.[1] For the 50th anniversary of the Medal (1955–2005), a panel of experts named it one of the top ten winning works, which composed the ballot for a public election of the nation's favourite.[2]
Publication history
Random House published the U.S. edition in February 1964 (44 pages; Шаблон:ISBN).
Review
According to Kirkus Reviews, Borka is an ugly duckling who "does not undergo a transformation; she is as bald as a goose as she was when a gosling. ... The freely stylized illustrations in bold lines and appropriate, vivid colors are many and strong."[3]
