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From: Matt/Dawn Foster <mmfoster>
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 23:15:59 -0600
After reading so many positive reviews on "The Hello, Goodbye Window" last fall, I was anxious to see the book for myself. I knew I'd love the book just from the characters, "Nanna" and "Poppy!"
When I had my first child back in 1981, my parents were called "Nana" and
"Poppy" (Italian tradition) by my daughter, and although she was barely 2 1/2 yrs. old when my dad, her grandfather, died, he was such a devoted grandfather and relished the role, much the same as Juster's "Poppy" does.
"Nana" lived until my daughter was 16 1/2 yrs.old, allowing my daughter the privilege of knowing her grandmother and forging a strong familial bond. This book struck such an emotional cord in me as it brought back memories of what could have been and what was .... I'm buying this book for my daughter as a way of honoring her deceased grandparents, remembering a time when they were in her life, and as an inspiration for what the future might hold.
Needless to say, I found the language, the imagery and the simplicity of this story and its accompanying artwork to be superb, and definitely not a book just for the preschool crowd! I haven't had the opportunity to read the book to children, but the fact that the book has left such an impression on me demonstrates the depth and emotion of children's picture books, and the amazing quality they hold that transcends age.
Dawn Foster SLIS student UW-Madison
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1. Re: Hello, Goodbye Window (Linnea Hendrickson)
2. Re: Hello, Goodbye Window (Connie Rockman)
3. Media for Hello, Goodbye Window (Sue Sherif)
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Message: 1 Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 11:21:20 -0700 From: Linnea Hendrickson <Lhendr at unm.edu> Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Hello, Goodbye Window To: Subscribers of ccbc-net <ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu> Message-ID: <43ECD9A0.1020109 at unm.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
I, too, shared "The Hello, Goodbye Window" with numerous classes, grades K-3 last week, and response was extremely positive. We talked about the fact that the story is told in the voice of the little girl, maybe 4 or 5 years-old. I suggested to the older children that this book would probably be perfect for kids a bit younger than they are, but that I thought they'd enjoy it, too. Even in the opening spread -- title page, maybe? I don't have a copy with me -- the children noted that the parents looked a little worried, not entirely happy, and the little girl is so happy she's leaping into the air, her hair flying as she runs to the grandparents' house.
One thing that surprised me was that when I read the part about taking a bath in the kitchen sink, the children invariably started murmuring and bursting out with "me too's" and their hands started waving. When asked what they liked best about the book, answers ranged from "the hello, goodbye window" to the "tiger" hiding in the garden, to poppy spraying the hose when she said, stop and then do it again. Some liked the tyrannosaurus rex, and some the queen. Some liked the grandparents. Many identified with the experience of visiting grandparents, sometimes overnight.
I, too, like the picture with the stars -- I had a hard time reading the line "Do you know how many stars there are?" without many of the children volunteering numbers ranging from "hundreds" to "a thousand" to to "millions." I suggested to some of them that they try to find out how many stars there are, and let me know when they had the answer. (I haven't heard back from anybody yet.)
I love the warmth and feeling of calm of the nap time scene, and the line the nothing will happen until I wake up. This line works on different levels depending on the age and understanding of the audience. I love the suggestion in the illustrations that this is a multiracial family. And I love the line about being happy and sad at the same time, which seems to me to be the nature of goodbyes.
I could say much more about the art and the feelings it creates, but I'm out of time.
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 23:15:59 -0600
After reading so many positive reviews on "The Hello, Goodbye Window" last fall, I was anxious to see the book for myself. I knew I'd love the book just from the characters, "Nanna" and "Poppy!"
When I had my first child back in 1981, my parents were called "Nana" and
"Poppy" (Italian tradition) by my daughter, and although she was barely 2 1/2 yrs. old when my dad, her grandfather, died, he was such a devoted grandfather and relished the role, much the same as Juster's "Poppy" does.
"Nana" lived until my daughter was 16 1/2 yrs.old, allowing my daughter the privilege of knowing her grandmother and forging a strong familial bond. This book struck such an emotional cord in me as it brought back memories of what could have been and what was .... I'm buying this book for my daughter as a way of honoring her deceased grandparents, remembering a time when they were in her life, and as an inspiration for what the future might hold.
Needless to say, I found the language, the imagery and the simplicity of this story and its accompanying artwork to be superb, and definitely not a book just for the preschool crowd! I haven't had the opportunity to read the book to children, but the fact that the book has left such an impression on me demonstrates the depth and emotion of children's picture books, and the amazing quality they hold that transcends age.
Dawn Foster SLIS student UW-Madison
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1. Re: Hello, Goodbye Window (Linnea Hendrickson)
2. Re: Hello, Goodbye Window (Connie Rockman)
3. Media for Hello, Goodbye Window (Sue Sherif)
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Message: 1 Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 11:21:20 -0700 From: Linnea Hendrickson <Lhendr at unm.edu> Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Hello, Goodbye Window To: Subscribers of ccbc-net <ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu> Message-ID: <43ECD9A0.1020109 at unm.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
I, too, shared "The Hello, Goodbye Window" with numerous classes, grades K-3 last week, and response was extremely positive. We talked about the fact that the story is told in the voice of the little girl, maybe 4 or 5 years-old. I suggested to the older children that this book would probably be perfect for kids a bit younger than they are, but that I thought they'd enjoy it, too. Even in the opening spread -- title page, maybe? I don't have a copy with me -- the children noted that the parents looked a little worried, not entirely happy, and the little girl is so happy she's leaping into the air, her hair flying as she runs to the grandparents' house.
One thing that surprised me was that when I read the part about taking a bath in the kitchen sink, the children invariably started murmuring and bursting out with "me too's" and their hands started waving. When asked what they liked best about the book, answers ranged from "the hello, goodbye window" to the "tiger" hiding in the garden, to poppy spraying the hose when she said, stop and then do it again. Some liked the tyrannosaurus rex, and some the queen. Some liked the grandparents. Many identified with the experience of visiting grandparents, sometimes overnight.
I, too, like the picture with the stars -- I had a hard time reading the line "Do you know how many stars there are?" without many of the children volunteering numbers ranging from "hundreds" to "a thousand" to to "millions." I suggested to some of them that they try to find out how many stars there are, and let me know when they had the answer. (I haven't heard back from anybody yet.)
I love the warmth and feeling of calm of the nap time scene, and the line the nothing will happen until I wake up. This line works on different levels depending on the age and understanding of the audience. I love the suggestion in the illustrations that this is a multiracial family. And I love the line about being happy and sad at the same time, which seems to me to be the nature of goodbyes.
I could say much more about the art and the feelings it creates, but I'm out of time.
-- Linnea Linnea Hendrickson Albuquerque, NM Lhendr at unm.edu http://www.unm.edu/~lhendr ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 18:10:50 -0500 From: Connie Rockman <connie.rock at snet.net> Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Hello, Goodbye Window Cc: Subscribers of ccbc-net <ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu> Message-ID: <f871ba93ba11d3bfca413f28a7c978f2 at snet.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed I had the pleasure of hearing Chris Raschka talk about his work at the Eric Carle Museum last Sunday (Feb. 5). His appearance at a bagels and conversation event at the museum had been scheduled well before the announcement of the Caldecott Award, so it was serendipity (thanks to Megan Lambert for telling us about this program in an earlier post in January!) Chris talked about two influences on his work for Hello, Goodbye Window. One is a child's drawing that hangs in his studio. He drew for us an approximation of what that drawing looked like, including big stars in the sky, and showed how the child's simplicity had affected his execution. The other influence was an exhibit of Philip Guston's work. You can google Guston if you are unfamiliar with his art (as I was) and the connection is very interesting to see in some of the more expressionistic work. The technique he used is both watercolor and oil pastel. He puts down a watercolor wash with broad brush strokes and finishes with the oil pastels for form and composition. It was a great opportunity to see into an artist's technique so soon after the recognition. He also talked about how inspiring Norton Juster's text was to him (Juster was in the audience) and that they did have some contact while he was working on the illustrations. Connie Rockman ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 16:29:40 -0900 From: Sue Sherif <sue_sherif at eed.state.ak.us> Subject: [CCBC-Net] Media for Hello, Goodbye Window To: ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu Message-ID: <010a01c62eaa$a1a65b70$63553f92 at lamanc.eed.state.ak.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii According to chair of the 2006 Caldecott Committee Gratia Banta, the publisher reports that the media for this year's medal-winner are: "Oil Pastel, Watercolor and Charcoal Pencil." Sue Sherif Alaska State Library ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ CCBC-Net mailing list CCBC-Net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu Visit this link to read archives or to unsubscribe... http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/ccbc-net End of CCBC-Net Digest, Vol 7, Issue 13 ***************************************Received on Sat 11 Feb 2006 11:15:59 PM CST
