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From: Linnea Hendrickson <lhendr>
Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 10:41:01 -0700
My elementary school children have also been loving The Dinosaurs of Waterhoue Hawkins. There is usually not enough time to read the whole book word for word during their library time, but it makes great talking through, and the eager dinosaurophiles are especially engrossed. Some of them even point out that we no longer think dinosaurs look that way, even before we get to the end of the book where it shows the differences between Waterhouse's conceptions of the beasts and the way they are viewed now. It is an easy way to introduce them to a lot of historical touchstones rather painlessly -- Queen Victoria, New York City's Central Park and Boss Tweed, the fact that there weren't plastics to make these models from, and the process of scientific discovery. They also get a kick of out Waterhouse's flair for the dramatic, which Selznick's illustrations handle so well, and they love the idea that pieces of Waterhouse's models are still buried somewhere beneath Central Park.
They've also loved hearing Wiesner's Three Pigs, which reads aloud surprisingly well and allows for a lot of "hamming" (pun intended) and joint reading. I've been surprised at how they catch on immediately when the first pig is blown out of the story.
Ditto for Olivia Saves the Circus. Not one has asked about the picture of Eleanor Roosevelt (but maybe that will come later). And they laugh when Olivia concludes her report with the unrelated and anticlimactic,
"Then one time my dad took me sailing The End."
They've also liked Waiting for Wings, and Fannie's in the Kitchen. We've also been enjoying Dumpy LaRue, but it doesn't seem to elicit quite the same enthusiasm or have quite the freshness of these other books.
-Linnea
Linnea Hendrickson Albuquerque, NM Lhendr at unm.edu http://www.unm.edu/~lhendr
Received on Wed 05 Dec 2001 11:41:01 AM CST
Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 10:41:01 -0700
My elementary school children have also been loving The Dinosaurs of Waterhoue Hawkins. There is usually not enough time to read the whole book word for word during their library time, but it makes great talking through, and the eager dinosaurophiles are especially engrossed. Some of them even point out that we no longer think dinosaurs look that way, even before we get to the end of the book where it shows the differences between Waterhouse's conceptions of the beasts and the way they are viewed now. It is an easy way to introduce them to a lot of historical touchstones rather painlessly -- Queen Victoria, New York City's Central Park and Boss Tweed, the fact that there weren't plastics to make these models from, and the process of scientific discovery. They also get a kick of out Waterhouse's flair for the dramatic, which Selznick's illustrations handle so well, and they love the idea that pieces of Waterhouse's models are still buried somewhere beneath Central Park.
They've also loved hearing Wiesner's Three Pigs, which reads aloud surprisingly well and allows for a lot of "hamming" (pun intended) and joint reading. I've been surprised at how they catch on immediately when the first pig is blown out of the story.
Ditto for Olivia Saves the Circus. Not one has asked about the picture of Eleanor Roosevelt (but maybe that will come later). And they laugh when Olivia concludes her report with the unrelated and anticlimactic,
"Then one time my dad took me sailing The End."
They've also liked Waiting for Wings, and Fannie's in the Kitchen. We've also been enjoying Dumpy LaRue, but it doesn't seem to elicit quite the same enthusiasm or have quite the freshness of these other books.
-Linnea
Linnea Hendrickson Albuquerque, NM Lhendr at unm.edu http://www.unm.edu/~lhendr
Received on Wed 05 Dec 2001 11:41:01 AM CST
