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Written in 1951, Eleanor Estes' Newbery winning Ginger Pye is a marvelous book that, for parents, serves as a reminder of how much children's literature and children's lives have changed in the last 60 years. Jerry and Rachel Pye live in Cranbury, CT where their father is a highly regarded, although not famous, ornithologist, who travels often and their mother, some 17 years his junior, is a
Based on my feelings about violence and our growing desensitization to it as a nation, there is no way I should have read and loved Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book as much as I do.***polemic warning***Since I began studying and practicing Buddhism several years ago I have become more thoughtful about and sensitive to media violence. The other night I popped in a movie, Brendan Fraser's The
Cornelia Funke is a diverse writer who began her career as a children's book illustrator and went on to write her own picture books, beginning chapter books and the best selling, epic Inkworld Trilogy as well as the very popular Dragon Rider and Thief Lord books for young readers. The Ghosthunters series represents her foray into the world of chapter books, with the specific intention of
While The Giver, Gathering Blue and The Messenger are considered a trilogy, all three can be read as stand-alone titles. The Giver and Gathering Blue are linked more by Lois Lowry's thematic explorations of the idea of the individual and the community than they are by characters. In fact, there is only one fleeting reference to Jonas near the end of this book as the boy with eyes that are an "
Winner of the Newbery in 1994, The Giver by Lois Lowry is one of those amazing books that tells a complete, compelling story and makes a provocative point all in less than 200 pages. The plot centers on a planned community in which personal freedoms have been traded for efficiency, security and contentment. The Community has been in existence for so long that the members of it are neither
While prepping for the Unnecessary Picture Book Sequels Contest (the results of which we will begin revealing any day now), I remembered a feature that I'd been wanting to do for a while: Redesigning classic picture book titles as grown-up novels. I think it's because I've spent too much time stalking Book Design Review and other such sites that appeal to an amateur dork like me.
So here is the first installment... Goodnight Moon redesigned as a noir-ish novel:
We absolutley LOVE, LOVE LOVE the E. Estes books. Ginger Pye and Pinke Pye being our favorites after the The Hundred Dresses which is probably my very favorite children's book. YOu gotta love good children's literature! Karen
I am so sad I never read Estes as a kid - I know I would have loved her. You should check out Mary Ann Hoberman's new book, "Strawberry Hill." Definitely many similarities, although obvious differences since it was written some 50 years after Estes was writing. You would love Edward Eager and Jeanne Birdsall's "Penderwicks" books if you don't already know them.
Thank you for sharing Eleanor Estes with us. I love her books! Like Karen Dunham, The Hundred Dresses is one of my favorites. It's on my bookshelf, and I go back to read it now and again.