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From: Kathleen Horning <horning>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:12:11 -0500
Here's the direct link to the Horn Book article Julie mentioned:
http://www.hbook.com/exhibit/article_disney.html
KT
Julie Cummins wrote:
> The bastardization of children's books by Disney has a long-standing
> history. I am compelled to share this eloquently written article with
> you, written by Frances Clarke Sayers, the second Coordinator of
> Children's Services at New York Public Library, following Anne Carroll
> Moore. You can locate the full article from The Horn Book home page via
> "Archives;" It was published in the December 1965 issue.
>
> Don't miss reading this. And just to tease you, here's a choice tidbit:
> "The acerbity of Mary Poppins, unpredictable, full of wonder and
> mystery, becomes with Mr. Disney's treatment, one great
> marshmallow-covered cream puff. He made a young tough of Peter Pan and
> transformed Pinocchio into a slapstick sadistic revel."
>
> The vast majority of the general public believes that Mr. Disney penned
> all those wonderful stories but Frances Clarke Sayers, one of our
> pioneers of children's services, readily took him on. Enjoy the article.
>
> Julie Cummins
> Former Coordinator of Children's Services - # 7
> The New York Public Library
>
>
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Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:12:11 -0500
Here's the direct link to the Horn Book article Julie mentioned:
http://www.hbook.com/exhibit/article_disney.html
KT
Julie Cummins wrote:
> The bastardization of children's books by Disney has a long-standing
> history. I am compelled to share this eloquently written article with
> you, written by Frances Clarke Sayers, the second Coordinator of
> Children's Services at New York Public Library, following Anne Carroll
> Moore. You can locate the full article from The Horn Book home page via
> "Archives;" It was published in the December 1965 issue.
>
> Don't miss reading this. And just to tease you, here's a choice tidbit:
> "The acerbity of Mary Poppins, unpredictable, full of wonder and
> mystery, becomes with Mr. Disney's treatment, one great
> marshmallow-covered cream puff. He made a young tough of Peter Pan and
> transformed Pinocchio into a slapstick sadistic revel."
>
> The vast majority of the general public believes that Mr. Disney penned
> all those wonderful stories but Frances Clarke Sayers, one of our
> pioneers of children's services, readily took him on. Enjoy the article.
>
> Julie Cummins
> Former Coordinator of Children's Services - # 7
> The New York Public Library
>
>
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-- Kathleen T. Horning Director Cooperative Children?s Book Center (CCBC) 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 North Park Street Madison, WI 53706 Tel: 608-263-3721 Fax: 608-262-4933 horning at education.wisc.edu http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/Received on Thu 20 Jul 2006 01:12:11 PM CDT
