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From: MalibuInc at aol.com <MalibuInc>
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 23:10:34 EDT
Let me say first I truly admire Tomi Unger's daring. The image that's never left me is an illustration in No Kiss For Mother. The boy cat and his mother are leaving a restaurant. A large cat dressed like Winston Churchill is standing near by. The cat is wearing a Nazi arm band.
Its crucial image because it defines Tomi Unger's basic belief. "You don't have to be a Nazi to be a Fascist." When Unger was a boy his parents had saved a special bottle of wine. They were planning on drinking the wine when France was liberated from Germany. When the Americans drove out the Germans, a group of American soldiers came to the house and took the wine. Unger said later of the incident, "It made me choose a life without boundaries."
I'd like to hear some other thoughts on how this story relates to Tomi Unger's work.
Preston McClear Malibu Books For Children
Received on Tue 03 Aug 1999 10:10:34 PM CDT
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 23:10:34 EDT
Let me say first I truly admire Tomi Unger's daring. The image that's never left me is an illustration in No Kiss For Mother. The boy cat and his mother are leaving a restaurant. A large cat dressed like Winston Churchill is standing near by. The cat is wearing a Nazi arm band.
Its crucial image because it defines Tomi Unger's basic belief. "You don't have to be a Nazi to be a Fascist." When Unger was a boy his parents had saved a special bottle of wine. They were planning on drinking the wine when France was liberated from Germany. When the Americans drove out the Germans, a group of American soldiers came to the house and took the wine. Unger said later of the incident, "It made me choose a life without boundaries."
I'd like to hear some other thoughts on how this story relates to Tomi Unger's work.
Preston McClear Malibu Books For Children
Received on Tue 03 Aug 1999 10:10:34 PM CDT
