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By: Jenny Miller,
on 11/18/2011
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Written & illustrated by Melissa Sweet
$16.99, ages 4 and up, 40 pages.
A man with a knack for making things move turns the concept of marionettes upside down and creates one of the greatest parades on Earth.
In this marvelous tribute, Caldecott Honor winner Melissa Sweet uses a menagerie of objects and illustrations to tell the story of Anthony "Tony" Sarg, the artist behind Macy's parade balloons.
Sweet's telling is wondrous, as she echoes Tony's creative genius with her own playful use of wood, fabrics, color and sketches.
Whimsical collages delight the eye as Sweet mixes photographs of thread spool towers, a building block tiger on wheels and other objects with watercolor illustrations.
On the opening page, the book's title hangs on a cardboard sign from antique pulleys and wire. Later, a worn book is opened flat and filled with hand-sewn puppets, sketched diagrams, swatches of fabric and buttons.
The story itself moves along with a skip and bounce, and is sprinkled here and there with curious anecdotes to amuse readers.
Sweet writes that from boyhood on Tony tinkered with simple machines. He rigged pulleys and ropes to make dolls do jumping jacks and used those same mechanisms to let out the family's chickens from their coop while he was still in bed.
Tony ran rope from the door of the chicken coop through his bedroom window, then closed that door, sprinkled feed just outside of it and went off to bed. When his alarm rang in the morning, he pulled the rope, opening the door so the chickens could wander out and eat.
When Tony was full grown, he discovered the art of marionettes was a fading, so he revived the craft with his own style of wood and cloth puppets that moved like real actors. Eventually Tony was invited to perform with his puppets on Broadway.
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By: Jenny Miller,
on 11/16/2011
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Saint Francis of Assisi's
Canticle of the Creatures
Reimagined by Katherine Paterson
Illustrated by Pamela Dalton
$17.99, ages 4-8, 36 pages
A two-time Newbery Award winner adapts a beloved hymn into a children's prayer in this stunning book of paper-cut tapestries.
Katherine Paterson (Bridge to Terabithia) rephrases the blessings of Saint Francis of Assisi's Canticle of the Creatures as children today might recite them.
The changes are subtle, just enough to draw children closer to the spirit of the song, and reflect Paterson's deference to the original work.
When Paterson writes of Sister Moon and her stars, she draws off Assisi's description of them as "precious and beautiful," and writes to God that the heavens "clothe the night with their beauty and, like you, watch over us while we sleep."
Sweet and spare, the verses echo familiar ways children describe nature: water "wells up" and a storm sounds like a lion.
"We praise you for our Brother Wind and every kind of weather, stormy or mild," she writes. "For when he roars he reminds us of your might, and when he comes as a cooling breeze, he tells us of your gentleness."
Paper-cut artist Dalton illustrates using a technique of Scherenschnitte or scissor cuts, cutting each spread from a continuous piece of paper, an amazing process detailed in a video below.
The paper cuts are then painted in earthy watercolors and set against a black backdrop. Like needlework samplers, each is a country scene with gently shaded layers of activity, in this case filled with children and animals living Assisi's message.
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on 11/26/2009
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What a beautiful picture book and one of the most delightful Thanksgiving books I’ve seen– An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving–text by Louisa May Alcott and illustrations by James Bernardin! HarperCollins Publishers have taken this classic tale by the author of Little Women, added Bernardin’s beautiful illustrations, and turned this into a picture book that children today can enjoy. Find this Thanksgiving book at the library or buy a copy of your own.
The Bassett family is preparing for Thanksgiving in nineteenth century New England. Mother and Father are called away to take care of Grandmother, and the children are left to prepare the Thanksgiving dinner. How hard can it be? They don’t do too bad of a job–except for accidentally putting catnip and wormwood in the stuffing. This book shows how Thanksgiving dinner was prepared in the past and some of the traditions families had when celebrating together.
This would be a great Thanksgiving book to show students life in the past and to compare and contrast to life in the present–especially focusing on Thanksgiving traditions. Plus, you know what? It’s just a beautiful book to share with your children or your students during this holiday season.
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As our world gets smaller and people from different cultures find themselves sharing one same country, traditions once thought to belong to a particular group are bound to mix with others and acquire new flavors. Sometimes quite literally, as it happens in Duck for Turkey Day.
Written by Jacqueline Jules and illustrated by Kathryn Mitter, Duck for Turkey Day is about Tuyet, a young girl who wants to celebrate Thanksgiving the “right way.” Her excitement about making turkey crafts and singing turkey songs at school is damped when grandma reminds her that they will be having duck, not turkey, for Thanksgiving because “Our family likes duck better.”
When mealtime comes, the wonderful smells of grandma’s special duck recipe fill the house. At the table they take turns expressing their gratitude: for their home, their food, the country where they live… The main menu? Not duck, but family love.
A good time was had by all, but the idea of “sharing time” at school the following Monday has Tuyet worried. “What will Mrs. Cook say about eating duck on Turkey Day?”. When the day comes and she finally tells her classmates about her Thanksgiving meal, they join in with menus of their own: from enchiladas to lamb to tofu turkey to chicken with noddles. Their non-turkey meals remind Tuyet that, even though Turkey Day revolves around food, it’s having a thankful heart and sharing a meal together with those you love that matter the most.
You can watch the book trailer of Duck for Turkey Day here, and for more books on the various aspects of Thanksgiving, check out Colorin Colorado’s reading list.
PaperTigers wishes a Happy Thanksgiving to all who may be celebrating the day!
I grew up on the Island of Cyprus, where they do not traditionally celebrate Thanksgiving. However, because my mother is American, we used to celebrate the holiday every year when I was growing up, often inviting over other Americans to share the day with us. Cranberries were not easy to find, and a few times we had to have pheasant because turkey was not available, but I always enjoyed our family Thanksgiving. One thing I never did during those years was to think much about the history of the holiday. It was only after I moved to the United States that I began to read stories about the first Thanksgiving.
I know it is a little late - Thanksgiving being only a few days away - but you may still have time to go to a bookshop to get a Thanksgiving themed book for the child or children in your life. Perhaps you are taking tomorrow off and would like to share the day buying and reading books. If so, then do take a look at the Through the Looking Glass Thanksgiving feature. In this collection of books there are several titles that really capture the true spirit of what the first Thanksgiving might have been like. Myths are debunked, and readers will discover that the true story is even more meaningful than the stories they might have grown up with. Of course there are also some silly, funny, and entertaining titles as well.
Whatever you do over the next few days, I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
I’m leaving for Philadelphia tomorrow for the 2009 Annual NCTE Convention. I won’t be posting on Poetry Friday—so here is some Thanksgiving poetry for you on Wednesday.
Giving Thanks
Author Unknown
Giving Thanks
For the hay and the corn and the wheat that is reaped,
For the labor well done, and the barns that are heaped,
For the sun and the dew and the sweet honeycomb,
For the rose and the song and the harvest brought home -
Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving!
For the trade and the skill and the wealth in our land,
For the cunning and strength of the workingman's hand,
For the good that our artists and poets have taught,
For the friendship that hope and affection have brought -
Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving!
For the homes that with purest affection are blest,
For the season of plenty and well-deserved rest,
For our country extending from sea unto sea;
The land that is known as the "Land of the Free" -
Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving!
From Thanksgiving
by Ivy O. Eastwick
Thank you
for all my hands can hold-
apples red,
and melons gold,
yellow corn
both ripe and sweet,
peas and beans
so good to eat!
You can read the rest of the poem here.
Click here to read my review of Nancy White Carlstrom’s book of poems Thanksgiving Day at Our House.
You may also want to check out this other Wild Rose Reader post: THANKSGIVING: Book Lists, Book Reviews, Resources, & Crafts.
Thanksgiving Book Lists
Reviews of Thanksgiving Books from Wild Rose Reader
Thanksgiving Resources for Teachers and Parents
By the way, a recent review accused me of using "made up" words in Flora Segunda. I'd like to state for the record that, with only one or two exceptions, I did not use any made up words in Flora Segunda!
Some of my vocab may be arcane, out-of-date, or just plain obscure, but I promise you (almost) none of it spilled forth from my imagination. Most can be found in the Dictionary of Record, the OED. Some it requires Partridge's Dictionary of Slang. Some sources are even more arcane. But it's all real. Being not even a teeny tiny bit of the linguist that other much more august writers might be, I wouldn't dare to embark upon making up my own words. If you aren't an Oxford don, therein lies Trouble.
Besides, with all those lovely words out there waiting to be used, why would I want to make any up?
So next time, watch those mingy howlers, pluggy, or we might be coming to milvads, or worse, I might erucate into fulginous fury and after clocking you in the eyghen defenestrate you.
Llyfrgellyddes would be the right word. The male version is llyfrgellydd.
Sorry Paul, but I don’t think there’s such a word as Llyfrgellyddes, or even if there is, it’s never used. Both a male and female librarian would be refered to as Llyfrgellydd