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From: Dotti Enderle <enderle4_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2011 09:12:22 -0500
In the back of the book the author lists where he received each photo. The majority were from one particular collection.
I tend to think they were doctored at the time they were taken because one picture is of the dad in a bunny costume when he was 4-years-old and is labeled June 1956. Yet later in the book, the main character says that his father is 46. I assume the author didn't want to manipulate the photos and purposely left the date on.
~d
Dotti Enderle
* * *
CROSSWIRE (Boyds Mills/Calkins Creek)
* Texas Institute of Letters Young Adult Award Recipient
* June Franklin Naylor Award for Best Children's Book on Texas History
* WWA Spur Award Finalist
www.dottienderle.com
From: Judith Ridge
Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2011 7:05 AM To: Sheila Welch Cc: ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu Subject: Re:
Surprisingly UNscary
On 7 October 2011 03:31, Sheila Welch wrote:
I've read some discussion of the popular YA novel, MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN, and some adults find it very creepy although it does seem to be the photographs that bother them the most. I think the reason the book is doing so well is the inclusion of those weird, black and white, staged/doctored pictures.
My understanding is that the photos are actual period photographs collected by the author and friends. They may have been staged at the time they were taken, but has anyone heard that they've been doctored for the book? I assumed as I began reading that they had been purpose-taken, and was thrilled when I discovered that they were original. So I'd be very disappointed to find out they were doctored!
Anyone know for sure?
Judith
-- Judith Ridge Western Sydney Young People's Literature Officer
Arts and Cultural Development Blacktown City Council PO Box 63 (62 Flushcombe Road) Blacktown NSW 2148 AUSTRALIA
-- My work blog: http://westword.wordpress.com/ My personal blog: http://www.misrule.com.au/s9y/ My personal website: http://www.misrule.com.au
Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2011 09:12:22 -0500
In the back of the book the author lists where he received each photo. The majority were from one particular collection.
I tend to think they were doctored at the time they were taken because one picture is of the dad in a bunny costume when he was 4-years-old and is labeled June 1956. Yet later in the book, the main character says that his father is 46. I assume the author didn't want to manipulate the photos and purposely left the date on.
~d
Dotti Enderle
* * *
CROSSWIRE (Boyds Mills/Calkins Creek)
* Texas Institute of Letters Young Adult Award Recipient
* June Franklin Naylor Award for Best Children's Book on Texas History
* WWA Spur Award Finalist
www.dottienderle.com
From: Judith Ridge
Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2011 7:05 AM To: Sheila Welch Cc: ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu Subject: Re:
Surprisingly UNscary
On 7 October 2011 03:31, Sheila Welch wrote:
I've read some discussion of the popular YA novel, MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN, and some adults find it very creepy although it does seem to be the photographs that bother them the most. I think the reason the book is doing so well is the inclusion of those weird, black and white, staged/doctored pictures.
My understanding is that the photos are actual period photographs collected by the author and friends. They may have been staged at the time they were taken, but has anyone heard that they've been doctored for the book? I assumed as I began reading that they had been purpose-taken, and was thrilled when I discovered that they were original. So I'd be very disappointed to find out they were doctored!
Anyone know for sure?
Judith
-- Judith Ridge Western Sydney Young People's Literature Officer
Arts and Cultural Development Blacktown City Council PO Box 63 (62 Flushcombe Road) Blacktown NSW 2148 AUSTRALIA
-- My work blog: http://westword.wordpress.com/ My personal blog: http://www.misrule.com.au/s9y/ My personal website: http://www.misrule.com.au
---Received on Sun 09 Oct 2011 09:12:22 AM CDT
