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From: Kathy Isaacs <kisaacs>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 21:13:37 -0500
I gave the book to a kindergarten-aged grandaughter at Christmas. We read it together. She and her younger brother pronounced it "scary," preferring the gentle company of Elizabeth Partridge's WHISTLING which was his Christmas book.
But they thought the rope walker very brave. They know very little about the two towers which were not part of their lives. For them, at least, the story was about an amazing feat and it was the perspective of the illustrations that carried the emotion and led them to understand just how incredible it was.
If ever an illustrator deserved a medal, Gerstein did. How nice that they were his words, as well.
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 21:13:37 -0500
I gave the book to a kindergarten-aged grandaughter at Christmas. We read it together. She and her younger brother pronounced it "scary," preferring the gentle company of Elizabeth Partridge's WHISTLING which was his Christmas book.
But they thought the rope walker very brave. They know very little about the two towers which were not part of their lives. For them, at least, the story was about an amazing feat and it was the perspective of the illustrations that carried the emotion and led them to understand just how incredible it was.
If ever an illustrator deserved a medal, Gerstein did. How nice that they were his words, as well.
-- Kathy Isaacs kisaacs at mindspring.comReceived on Wed 28 Jan 2004 08:13:37 PM CST
