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Kate
Unregistered User
(1/10/02 1:28:16 pm)
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Book
I'm just posting a book recommendation--THE LITTLE GIRL WHO WAS TOO FOND OF MATCHES by Gaetan Soucy (Arcade Publishing 2001). It's gorgeous and dismal in all the best ways, and contains motifs and formal elements I think would interest some on this board.
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Terri
Registered User
(1/11/02 8:15:51 am)
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Re: Book
I agree. I just read a review copy for Year's Best, and I loved it too.
By the way, does anyone have any other recommendations (stories, novels, art books) for Year's Best Fantasy? It's that time of year for me...
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Kerrie
Registered User
(1/11/02 9:20:35 am)
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Encounter
Terri,
Not sure if it counts for much, but did you receive my package with
"my little experiment in fun," _Encounter_? (I'm at work,
so I'm not sure if you've emailed me at home.) It's not much, but
let me know what you think. I wish _Cracking the Nut_ was printed
last year, alas the photoshoot still needs to occur- perhaps for
the next volume.
Sugarplum dreams,
Kerrie
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eearth
Registered User
(1/11/02 10:09:33 am)
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Sounds interesting
The description at Amazon sounds interesting -- when I read the title, I immediately thought of Struwwelpeter and the little girl in there who was too fond of matches . . .
Did anyone see the stage production called Shockheaded Peter which played last year in various places? My son and I thought it was wonderful --
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Posey
Registered User
(1/11/02 4:19:58 pm)
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Shockheaded Peter - a must-see!
Anyone who has the chance should definitely see "Shockheaded Peter" - it is a total delight & worth every penny for good tickets.
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Heidi
Anne Heiner
ezOP
(1/11/02 10:08:29 pm)
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Year's Best Considerations
Terri,
These are my first thoughts, but I know I have forgotten some of my favorites from the children's and YA areas this past year.
Goose Chase
by Patrice Kindl
(novel)
Straw into Gold
by Gary D. Schmidt
(novel)
The Great Good Thing
by Roderick Townley
(novel)
The Two Princesses of Bamarre
by Gail Carson Levine
(novel)
The Three Pigs
by David Wiesner
(picture book)
The Fairy Tale Catalog : Everything You Need to Make a Fairy Tale
by Sally Gardner
(picture book)
Wait! No Paint!
by Bruce Whatley
(picture book)
The Princess and the Pea
by Alain Vaes
(picture book)
Hansel and Gretel
by Beni Montresor
(picture book)
Artemis Fowl
by Eoin Colfer
(novel--didn't wow me but it will be a movie next summer thanks to Potter mania.)
I also had fun with Lauren Child's picture book, "Beware of the Storybook Wolves."
Then there was also the timely reprinting of James Marshall's fairy tales and Hilary Knight's Cinderella--all picture books.
Just a start,
Heidi
Edited by: Heidi Anne Heiner at: 1/11/02 10:17:02 pm
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allysonrosen
Registered User
(1/12/02 12:20:01 am)
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Re: Year's Best Considerations
"Shockheaded Peter" was the first professional show I saw as a grad student at Ohio state...and it made a MAJOR impact on the type of work I want to create. I also got to do a residency with Improbable Theatre, whose director co-directed Shockheaded Peter and they have similar techniques in using puppets and found objects to create narrative.
Sorry to go off topic, but...I had to gush...
Allyson
P.S., The Tigerlilies, who created the score to Shockheaded Peter have a CD available (I'm sure) through Amazon, if those of you who saw the show liked the music...
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Terri
Registered User
(1/12/02 6:03:32 am)
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Re: Year's Best Considerations
Thanks, Heidi -- that's helpful. I'll be working on this through the end of January, so all recommendations are welcome.
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Laura
McCaffrey
Registered User
(1/12/02 10:51:29 am)
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Re: Year's Best Considerations
Hey Terrie -
Some more children's and YA picks -
_Night Flying_ by Rita Murphy - a novel about a Vermont teen who lives with the women in her family and all of them know how to fly, though they keep this a secret, especially from men. It's Georgia's, the teen's, time to start her solos flights. Winner of the Delacorte Competition last year. Published by Delacorte. Rita also has a second book out this year with Delacorte, _Black Angels_, about the civil rights movement and a white girl who sees black angels. I haven't read this one yet.
Sure you've already thought about McKinley's _Spindle's End_. I loved the ending.
Don't know if you're interested in fantasy/Arthurian stuff, but I enjoyed Gerald Morris's _The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf_ - a retelling of one of the Arthurian tales about a knight who disguises himself as a kitchen boy and then proves himself by saving a princess. It has some nice humor and romantic twists and an outgoing heroine. I've also heard good things about Nancy Springer's new one, oh Heidi help me out here, is it I am Morgan le Faye or I am Morgause? or some such? I'll have to check that out.
I also like Barry Moser's _Three Little Pigs_ picture book. Not as wild as Weisner's, but the illustrations are very funny.
Am currently blanking out, but will think more on this.
Laura Mc
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Heidi
Unregistered User
(1/12/02 11:57:22 am)
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Book
The book is:
I Am Morgan Le Fay : A Tale from Camelot
by Nancy Springer
This year Springer also offered:
Rowan Hood : Outlaw Girl of Sherwood Forest
by Nancy Springer
Other books falling from my memory:
Treasure at the Heart of the Tanglewood
by Meredith Ann Pierce
Spellfall
by Katherine Roberts
It's more historical than fantastical, but I especially liked Rebecca Tingle's "The Edge on the Sword" in recent months.
Heidi
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Heidi
Unregistered User
(1/12/02 11:58:25 am)
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Forgot!
And also:
The Seeing Stone (Arthur Trilogy, Book One)
by Kevin Crossley-Holland
(novel)
Heidi, again
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Laura
McCaffrey
Registered User
(1/12/02 4:40:04 pm)
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Re: Forgot!
Another fantasy book I enjoyed this year was -
_Lirael: Daughter of the Clayr_, by Garth Nix. It 's a sequel to _Sabriel_. His stuff is pretty dark, necromancers and walking dead, but I still enjoy it. Of course I have to confess that part of the reason I liked _Lirael_ was the fantastic library in it - shaped like a huge shell, full of ancient bound creatures, books, spells, and danger. The description of it is amazing.
Heidi - coincidentally _The Edge of the Sword_ is on my bedside
table!
Laura Mc
Edited by: Laura McCaffrey at: 1/12/02 4:40:56 pm
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Kerrie
Registered User
(1/28/02 11:05:10 am)
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Another recommendation!
I went to the bookstore at lunch and found this book:
Happily Ever After : The Fairy-Tale
Formula for Lasting Love
by Wendy Paris
It's so cute! It talks about relationship lessons to be learned from a selection of fairy tales! Amazon has a nice description of it.
Sugarplum dreams,
Kerrie
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