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From: Aline Pereira <aline_at_papertigers.org>
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:35:57 -0700
Thanks, Uma, for adding all the details about Listen to the Wind. I can only imagine what a challenge it must have been to turn a book like Three Cups of Tea into a picture book. How do you convey the detailed story in 32 pages? No doubt Susan has done an incredible job with the text and the collages (which are worth a thousand words). Her careful research, respect for source material and nack for storytelling and illustrating resulted in a book that is nothing short of amazing.
Yes, I agree with you. Telling a good story, no matter what the format and who the audience might be, isn't an easy task by any means.
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Aline Pereira Managing Editor, PaperTigers Pacific Rim Voices 300 Third Street, #822 San Francisco, CA 94107 (415) 648-4528
PaperTigers - A colorful website devoted to multicultural books from around the world for children and young adults, with a particular focus on the Pacific Rim and South Asia. http://www.papertigers.org
PaperTigers Blog- Speaking of multicultural books for young readers, world literacy, and more... http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress
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On Oct 7, 2009, at 12:49 PM, Uma Krishnaswami wrote:
As Aline points out, the various versions of Three Cups of Tea make an interesting study of the shifts that need to be made to adapt a story to different audiences. Turning the original adult book into a picture book of course required illustration, and Susan Roth has brought the trademark whimsy of her multimedia collage to the task. But picture book text is also as we know deceptive in its simplicity, and the text needed the touch of a children's writer, which is why Susan is co-author on the text as well as illustrator.
Form and genre are tricky boundaries to cross. Many writers who write for adults are surprised, when they turn their hand to writing for younger readers, that it's a whole lot more difficult than it seems.
Uma
Uma Krishnaswami http://www.umakrishnaswami.com The Road to Sunny Villa, middle grade novel, Atheneum, coming 2011 Summer's Promise, middle grade novel, Lee and Low, coming 2011
Received on Wed 07 Oct 2009 01:35:57 PM CDT
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:35:57 -0700
Thanks, Uma, for adding all the details about Listen to the Wind. I can only imagine what a challenge it must have been to turn a book like Three Cups of Tea into a picture book. How do you convey the detailed story in 32 pages? No doubt Susan has done an incredible job with the text and the collages (which are worth a thousand words). Her careful research, respect for source material and nack for storytelling and illustrating resulted in a book that is nothing short of amazing.
Yes, I agree with you. Telling a good story, no matter what the format and who the audience might be, isn't an easy task by any means.
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Aline Pereira Managing Editor, PaperTigers Pacific Rim Voices 300 Third Street, #822 San Francisco, CA 94107 (415) 648-4528
PaperTigers - A colorful website devoted to multicultural books from around the world for children and young adults, with a particular focus on the Pacific Rim and South Asia. http://www.papertigers.org
PaperTigers Blog- Speaking of multicultural books for young readers, world literacy, and more... http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress
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On Oct 7, 2009, at 12:49 PM, Uma Krishnaswami wrote:
As Aline points out, the various versions of Three Cups of Tea make an interesting study of the shifts that need to be made to adapt a story to different audiences. Turning the original adult book into a picture book of course required illustration, and Susan Roth has brought the trademark whimsy of her multimedia collage to the task. But picture book text is also as we know deceptive in its simplicity, and the text needed the touch of a children's writer, which is why Susan is co-author on the text as well as illustrator.
Form and genre are tricky boundaries to cross. Many writers who write for adults are surprised, when they turn their hand to writing for younger readers, that it's a whole lot more difficult than it seems.
Uma
Uma Krishnaswami http://www.umakrishnaswami.com The Road to Sunny Villa, middle grade novel, Atheneum, coming 2011 Summer's Promise, middle grade novel, Lee and Low, coming 2011
Received on Wed 07 Oct 2009 01:35:57 PM CDT
