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From: Klein, Cheryl <CKlein>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 18:20:46 -0400
We were delighted to see this message about THE ARRIVAL today, as Arthur A. Levine Books will publish the book (in graphic novel form) in the United States in Fall 2007. And it's just as stunning as Mike promises!
Cheers,
Cheryl Klein Editor Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic
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Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 08:31:02 +1000
From: MShuttleworth at slv.vic.gov.au
Subject: [CCBC-Net] Picture books for older readers -- An Australian book
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I'm not sure how well American readers are with the work of Australian
illustrator Shaun Tan, but he has a stunning book coming out here in the
next fortnight. The Arrival is a 128 page wordless picture book in a
graphic novel style. It's produced entirley in pencil then subtlely tinted
to add tones and moods. But this is no inky comic!
The Arrival is the story of a migrant family's journey to a new country.
It is, in the true sense of the word, an epic story, the journey of one
family representing the many. Shaun's work often references other images
(not, I hasten to add, in any cheesy po-mo way) so it's not quite possible
to say where the story takes place. Could be New York, could be Melbourne,
could be a place that the artist has created and has drawn us into. There
is also a beguiling interplay between what is left behind and what stays
with the migrant.
The absence of words, particularly over such a long book, lends that
feeling of dislocation, uncertainty, of things being withheld, the same
feeling of coming to a new world.
Suffice to say, when this one washes up your shores, I think you are going
to love The Arrival.
Mike
Mike Shuttleworth
Program Co-ordinator
Centre for Youth Literature
328 Swanston Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
PH: 03 8664 7262
FAX: 03 9639 4143
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/youthlit/
<http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/youthlit/>
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Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 18:20:46 -0400
We were delighted to see this message about THE ARRIVAL today, as Arthur A. Levine Books will publish the book (in graphic novel form) in the United States in Fall 2007. And it's just as stunning as Mike promises!
Cheers,
Cheryl Klein Editor Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic
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Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 08:31:02 +1000
From: MShuttleworth at slv.vic.gov.au
Subject: [CCBC-Net] Picture books for older readers -- An Australian book
To: ccbc-net <ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu>
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I'm not sure how well American readers are with the work of Australian
illustrator Shaun Tan, but he has a stunning book coming out here in the
next fortnight. The Arrival is a 128 page wordless picture book in a
graphic novel style. It's produced entirley in pencil then subtlely tinted
to add tones and moods. But this is no inky comic!
The Arrival is the story of a migrant family's journey to a new country.
It is, in the true sense of the word, an epic story, the journey of one
family representing the many. Shaun's work often references other images
(not, I hasten to add, in any cheesy po-mo way) so it's not quite possible
to say where the story takes place. Could be New York, could be Melbourne,
could be a place that the artist has created and has drawn us into. There
is also a beguiling interplay between what is left behind and what stays
with the migrant.
The absence of words, particularly over such a long book, lends that
feeling of dislocation, uncertainty, of things being withheld, the same
feeling of coming to a new world.
Suffice to say, when this one washes up your shores, I think you are going
to love The Arrival.
Mike
Mike Shuttleworth
Program Co-ordinator
Centre for Youth Literature
328 Swanston Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
PH: 03 8664 7262
FAX: 03 9639 4143
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/youthlit/
<http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/youthlit/>
This message and any attachment is intended only for the use of the
Addressee and may contain information that is PRIVILEGED and CONFIDENTIAL.
If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any
dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have
received this communication in error, please delete all copies of the
message and its attachments and notify the sender immediately. Thank you.
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