Talking about children's books and films. Useful information for parents.
25 Nov 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 8+ Tags: clocks, history, inventions, magician, mystery, orphans, Paris, robots, silent movies
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 2008
by Brian Selznick
New York: Scholastic Press, 2007
533 pp.
Ages: 8 +
Interests: mystery, Paris,history, clocks, magicians, automata (robots), silent movie history, stories about orphans, inventors
Also by this author: Wonderstruck, The Houdini Box, The Robot King, Boy of a Thousand Faces
Next: silent movies by Georges Méliès; official website of the book; movie adaptation Hugo (2011)
25 Nov 2011 Leave a comment
in Movies, movies 6+, Old Movies Tags: American history, con man, crime, marching band, music, romance, song and dance
Released: 1962
Rated: G
Length: 151 min.
Age: 6+ (for comprehension) Commonsense media sez: 6 +
Scary: nothing violent, only the talk of angry townsfolk about tarring and feathering Hill
Sexual Innuendo: in some dialogue and songs, but all G-rated and too oblique to be picked up by small children
Interests: musicals, song and dance, marching bands, history, small town life, con men
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