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From: Leda Schubert <ledas_at_myfairpoint.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 14:33:58 -0500
I don't get to see a whole lot of what's being published any more (so sad), but I have sought out a few picture books to satisfy my craving. One of my absolute favorites is THE IRIDESCENCE OF BIRDS, which several of you have already mentioned. Why? I love everything about it: the conditional tense, the question posed, the details of Matisse's early life, the way color intrudes into a grey landscape (that beautiful grey-blue of the first double-page spread!). I love that it's a question, as so much about creativity always will be--the mystery. That we can't know everything. I love the way white space is used and how it becomes gradually eclipsed, though never disappears. I love the poetry of the language, with each word carrying its weight so perfectly. I love the relationship between mother and child and the general sunniness of the book, which contrasts with the given setting. I love how the gutter divides child from man. It's just a wonder, the whole book. A picture book that depends on the interplay between words and text. Love.
For me, THE IRIDESCENCE OF BIRDS opens up the form of the picture book biography, yet it can never be copied. I struggle with this form myself, so that's undoubtedly part of the reason I love this book so much.
More favorites, please!
Leda www.ledaschubert.com MONSIEUR MARCEAU (Porter/Roaring Brook). LISTEN: HOW PETE SEEGER GOT AMERICA SINGING (Porter/Roaring Brook, sometime in the future)
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password: Look4Posts Received on Wed 10 Dec 2014 01:39:15 PM CST
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 14:33:58 -0500
I don't get to see a whole lot of what's being published any more (so sad), but I have sought out a few picture books to satisfy my craving. One of my absolute favorites is THE IRIDESCENCE OF BIRDS, which several of you have already mentioned. Why? I love everything about it: the conditional tense, the question posed, the details of Matisse's early life, the way color intrudes into a grey landscape (that beautiful grey-blue of the first double-page spread!). I love that it's a question, as so much about creativity always will be--the mystery. That we can't know everything. I love the way white space is used and how it becomes gradually eclipsed, though never disappears. I love the poetry of the language, with each word carrying its weight so perfectly. I love the relationship between mother and child and the general sunniness of the book, which contrasts with the given setting. I love how the gutter divides child from man. It's just a wonder, the whole book. A picture book that depends on the interplay between words and text. Love.
For me, THE IRIDESCENCE OF BIRDS opens up the form of the picture book biography, yet it can never be copied. I struggle with this form myself, so that's undoubtedly part of the reason I love this book so much.
More favorites, please!
Leda www.ledaschubert.com MONSIEUR MARCEAU (Porter/Roaring Brook). LISTEN: HOW PETE SEEGER GOT AMERICA SINGING (Porter/Roaring Brook, sometime in the future)
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