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Videotapes of Tibet? Starry Messenger?
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From: Ginny Moore Kruse <gmkruse>
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 17:23:06 -0500
Thanks for reminding us about the videotapes, Kathy. We'll find out from Peter if it's possible to get a copy of the videotape about Tibet and also the one about The Starry Messenger.
Each book is amazing, and the videotapes express this well. The videotapes themselves show how much impact Peter Sis's experience with film animation have influenced his creation of these two books in particular and also, to a certain extent, Madlenka, and several others, as well.
If we find out that either videotape is available, we'll let everyone in CCBC-Net know, or maybe someone from Farrar will find out that we're wondering about this, and let us all know.
I wouldn't suggest using the book Tibet: Through the Red Box to teach about Tibet, because this extraordinary book it's "about" so much more, so involved with memory and the imagination. On the other hand I certainly would use The Starry Messenger to teach about Galileo. What a profound opportunity for children to "read" its images on so many levels, as well as to read or listen to the words in one or more of its several texts.
Actually I just realized how those few comments somehow brought us full circle to Katy Horning's opening remarks on June 4 about Peter Sis's books and Dean Schneider's commentary on the same day about the book The Starry Messenger.
- Ginny Moore Kruse gmkruse at education.wisc.edu Cooperative Children's Book Center www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/ A Library of the School of Education, University of Wisconsin Madison
When Peter Sis was at Childrens Literature New England in 1999 he had with him a promotional videotape for TIBET which incorporated some fascinating excerpts from his father's actual films of Tibet. I can imagine that school teachers and librarians booktalking the book in depth would love to have access to this videotape. Perhaps someone who is going to be at that talk, or has a chance in some other context, could ask him if there has been any attempt to distribute it through a publisher. (I assume the talk will be about Peter's own experiences in Czech film, but his father's work would certainly be relevant, too.)
Received on Fri 29 Jun 2001 05:23:06 PM CDT
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 17:23:06 -0500
Thanks for reminding us about the videotapes, Kathy. We'll find out from Peter if it's possible to get a copy of the videotape about Tibet and also the one about The Starry Messenger.
Each book is amazing, and the videotapes express this well. The videotapes themselves show how much impact Peter Sis's experience with film animation have influenced his creation of these two books in particular and also, to a certain extent, Madlenka, and several others, as well.
If we find out that either videotape is available, we'll let everyone in CCBC-Net know, or maybe someone from Farrar will find out that we're wondering about this, and let us all know.
I wouldn't suggest using the book Tibet: Through the Red Box to teach about Tibet, because this extraordinary book it's "about" so much more, so involved with memory and the imagination. On the other hand I certainly would use The Starry Messenger to teach about Galileo. What a profound opportunity for children to "read" its images on so many levels, as well as to read or listen to the words in one or more of its several texts.
Actually I just realized how those few comments somehow brought us full circle to Katy Horning's opening remarks on June 4 about Peter Sis's books and Dean Schneider's commentary on the same day about the book The Starry Messenger.
- Ginny Moore Kruse gmkruse at education.wisc.edu Cooperative Children's Book Center www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/ A Library of the School of Education, University of Wisconsin Madison
When Peter Sis was at Childrens Literature New England in 1999 he had with him a promotional videotape for TIBET which incorporated some fascinating excerpts from his father's actual films of Tibet. I can imagine that school teachers and librarians booktalking the book in depth would love to have access to this videotape. Perhaps someone who is going to be at that talk, or has a chance in some other context, could ask him if there has been any attempt to distribute it through a publisher. (I assume the talk will be about Peter's own experiences in Czech film, but his father's work would certainly be relevant, too.)
Received on Fri 29 Jun 2001 05:23:06 PM CDT
