Talking about children's books and films. Useful information for parents.
12 Feb 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 10+ Tags: dystopia, family, morality, philosophy, sci fi
NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER – 1994
by Lois Lowry
Random House: 1993
179 pp.
Age: 10+
Interests: science fiction, dystopia, morality, questioning authority, freedom
Next: the rest of ‘The Giver Quartet’: Messenger, Gathering Blue, Son
More science fiction: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine l’Engle, The Iron Man by Ted Hughes, The Martian Chronicles or Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Also by this author: Number the Stars, Autumn Street, The Silent Boy
12 Feb 2013 6 Comments
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Here’s a great little video about Oliver Jeffers, creator of many picture books such as Lost and Found. It’s entertaining but also gives a glimpse into what goes into the making of a children’s picture book.
Charming video, and yet… I can’t wait until filmmakers stop doing all those distracting out/in focus pulls. (In the good old days camera operators checked the focus before starting to shoot!)
You can check out his website here.
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