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From: steven engelfried <stevene>
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1999 09:59:37 -0700
This Tomi Ungerer discussion is fascinating. I grew up loving Crictor and the Three Robbers and never dreamed there might be any more to the stories than clever snakes and cool weapons (I still love to say "blunderbuss" out loud). It made perfect sense to me that the robbers' towers should be rounded, but only because they matched their neat robber hats. I wonder how all the symbols and hidden details work on the child's experience of his books. Do they make the books more powerful to children, or just to adults?
Steven Engelfried, Children's Librarian Deschutes Public Library 601 NW Wall Street Bend, OR 97701 ph: 541a7p72 fax: 541a7p73 e-mail: stevene at dpls.lib.or.us
Received on Sat 07 Aug 1999 11:59:37 AM CDT
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1999 09:59:37 -0700
This Tomi Ungerer discussion is fascinating. I grew up loving Crictor and the Three Robbers and never dreamed there might be any more to the stories than clever snakes and cool weapons (I still love to say "blunderbuss" out loud). It made perfect sense to me that the robbers' towers should be rounded, but only because they matched their neat robber hats. I wonder how all the symbols and hidden details work on the child's experience of his books. Do they make the books more powerful to children, or just to adults?
Steven Engelfried, Children's Librarian Deschutes Public Library 601 NW Wall Street Bend, OR 97701 ph: 541a7p72 fax: 541a7p73 e-mail: stevene at dpls.lib.or.us
Received on Sat 07 Aug 1999 11:59:37 AM CDT
