"Things You Wouldn't Know If We Didn't Blog Intermittently."
24 March 2015
Illustrations from "The Red Tree"
I found this visually interesting book by Shaun Tan (Simply Read Books, 2002, ISBN 0968876838) in our library. You can also view the contents at the equally-interesting Poemas del Rio Wang.
I cannot recommend this book enough. I teach ESL to refugees with very little English language skills and many are illiterate. This book is always a hit and sparks conversations.
The evocative illustrations, coupled with one sentence, reminds me of The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg - it's one of my favorites.
Normally I clean up the blog by deleting accidentally-doubled comments, but in this case I'll leave the first one there so that your reply will continue to make sense and amuse people.
I highly recommend his book "The Arrival", a beautiful and moving story about immigration.
ReplyDeleteRequested from the library. Tx, John.
DeleteI cannot recommend this book enough. I teach ESL to refugees with very little English language skills and many are illiterate. This book is always a hit and sparks conversations.
DeleteThe evocative illustrations, coupled with one sentence, reminds me of The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg - it's one of my favorites.
ReplyDeletePerhaps subconsciously that's why I found it interesting. This from 5 years ago:
Deletehttp://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2010/04/mysteries-of-harris-burdick.html
Oh! That is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI second John's recommendation of The Arrival.
ReplyDeleteI second John's recommendation of The Arrival.
ReplyDeleteHeh, you appear to take "seconding" quite literally ;)
DeleteNormally I clean up the blog by deleting accidentally-doubled comments, but in this case I'll leave the first one there so that your reply will continue to make sense and amuse people.
DeleteI recommend watching his amazing video of The Lost Thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1YG7ZXfC6g
ReplyDeleteBlogworthy. Thank you, anonymous person.
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