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From: Aptimber at aol.com <Aptimber>
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 10:59:37 EST
Hello!
I've really enjoyed Philip Pullman's THE AMBER SPYGLASS (Knopf, 2000) and Peter Sis, MADLENKA (FSG, 2000) this year. Both books have images and ideas that have stuck with me long afterwards.
THE AMBER SPYGLASS (forgive me if someone has already mentioned this one -- I haven't seen it in the postings) is Pullman's final book in the "His Dark Materials" trilogy. This fantasy is HUGE in scope. The entire trilogy is about two children who hold the future to several worlds in their hands (and are also innocent of that knowledge). They travel through worlds. They meet all sorts of "beings" -- angels, witches, armored bears, and others. Time is also played with and interwoven, worlds overlap . . . This book has a specific message, and the story is a working out of a specific idea. But I'm afraid to say too much, because I don't want to give anything away! But believe me, this book is a PLEASURE to read. If you haven't read the other two books, you'd need to read them to really understand what's going on in book three. (I even recommend reading them all at once!) Age for this book is young adult and up.
MADLENKA is a visual feast. I'm a Peter Sis fan -- his images make me see differently. (It's such a treat to find someone who does that for you.) Anyway, MADLENKA is about a girl who loses her tooth and goes around her block to tell her neighbors. Her neighbors are from different countries and each of them tells her a story specific to their experience and sends her on her way. Most of these stories are represented with beautiful spreads filled with animals, people, geography. You could study and talk about each illustrations for minutes and minutes -- it's just wonderful! In addition, the perspective in these illustrations is fabulous -- one page you're seeing things from above, the next minute you're looking up from the street -- so low you might be a bug. It's great. (Have I said that enough?) The age for this picture book would be 4 and up.
I also loved BUTTONS by Brock Cole -- I love funny books and the illustrations are so expressive!
I'm afraid I haven't read a lot of the 2000 books. But from your recommendations I will read SILENT TO THE BONE and the JOEY PIGZA books.
Thanks!
Amy Timberlake
Received on Thu 07 Dec 2000 09:59:37 AM CST
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 10:59:37 EST
Hello!
I've really enjoyed Philip Pullman's THE AMBER SPYGLASS (Knopf, 2000) and Peter Sis, MADLENKA (FSG, 2000) this year. Both books have images and ideas that have stuck with me long afterwards.
THE AMBER SPYGLASS (forgive me if someone has already mentioned this one -- I haven't seen it in the postings) is Pullman's final book in the "His Dark Materials" trilogy. This fantasy is HUGE in scope. The entire trilogy is about two children who hold the future to several worlds in their hands (and are also innocent of that knowledge). They travel through worlds. They meet all sorts of "beings" -- angels, witches, armored bears, and others. Time is also played with and interwoven, worlds overlap . . . This book has a specific message, and the story is a working out of a specific idea. But I'm afraid to say too much, because I don't want to give anything away! But believe me, this book is a PLEASURE to read. If you haven't read the other two books, you'd need to read them to really understand what's going on in book three. (I even recommend reading them all at once!) Age for this book is young adult and up.
MADLENKA is a visual feast. I'm a Peter Sis fan -- his images make me see differently. (It's such a treat to find someone who does that for you.) Anyway, MADLENKA is about a girl who loses her tooth and goes around her block to tell her neighbors. Her neighbors are from different countries and each of them tells her a story specific to their experience and sends her on her way. Most of these stories are represented with beautiful spreads filled with animals, people, geography. You could study and talk about each illustrations for minutes and minutes -- it's just wonderful! In addition, the perspective in these illustrations is fabulous -- one page you're seeing things from above, the next minute you're looking up from the street -- so low you might be a bug. It's great. (Have I said that enough?) The age for this picture book would be 4 and up.
I also loved BUTTONS by Brock Cole -- I love funny books and the illustrations are so expressive!
I'm afraid I haven't read a lot of the 2000 books. But from your recommendations I will read SILENT TO THE BONE and the JOEY PIGZA books.
Thanks!
Amy Timberlake
Received on Thu 07 Dec 2000 09:59:37 AM CST
