The Friday Five
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velvetpage1. What book or books were special to you in your childhood?
Anne of Green Gables et. al., the entire Narnia series, the Secret of Nimh, and going a little further back, a whole host of Little Golden Books, many of which Elizabeth now enjoys. The one I can't find that I want to, though, is Cookie Monster and the Cookie Tree. I read that until it fell apart, and my parents bought me another one. Then I read it to pieces, too.
2. What was particularly special or memorable about those books?
That depends on the book. Anne grew on me; I related to her as a child, then as I grew I started to see the humour in the books, that would be obvious to any adult reading them. I loved the fantasy worlds that Narnia opened for me. As for Cookie Monster - well, he's Cookie Monster!
3. Have you re-read any of them as an adult?
Most of them. If it was special to me as a child, I will choose it to read to my students whenever I can.
4. If so, were the books as good as you remembered them?
Every bit. Some were better as an adult, when I could enjoy the beauty of the language as well as the joys of the imagery.
5. What do you think about movies being made out of children's classics (like the Chronicles of Narnia, Lord of The Rings, etc.)?
They bring the books alive for kids with less active imaginations, or less visual ones. They allow for wonderful comparisons. Why was that journey in the book transformed into a chase scene in the movie? Why were these two characters in the book fused into this one character in the movie? From a teaching perspective, there's a lot of critical literacy to be had there. I do encourage kids to read the books first, though.
Anne of Green Gables et. al., the entire Narnia series, the Secret of Nimh, and going a little further back, a whole host of Little Golden Books, many of which Elizabeth now enjoys. The one I can't find that I want to, though, is Cookie Monster and the Cookie Tree. I read that until it fell apart, and my parents bought me another one. Then I read it to pieces, too.
2. What was particularly special or memorable about those books?
That depends on the book. Anne grew on me; I related to her as a child, then as I grew I started to see the humour in the books, that would be obvious to any adult reading them. I loved the fantasy worlds that Narnia opened for me. As for Cookie Monster - well, he's Cookie Monster!
3. Have you re-read any of them as an adult?
Most of them. If it was special to me as a child, I will choose it to read to my students whenever I can.
4. If so, were the books as good as you remembered them?
Every bit. Some were better as an adult, when I could enjoy the beauty of the language as well as the joys of the imagery.
5. What do you think about movies being made out of children's classics (like the Chronicles of Narnia, Lord of The Rings, etc.)?
They bring the books alive for kids with less active imaginations, or less visual ones. They allow for wonderful comparisons. Why was that journey in the book transformed into a chase scene in the movie? Why were these two characters in the book fused into this one character in the movie? From a teaching perspective, there's a lot of critical literacy to be had there. I do encourage kids to read the books first, though.
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Date: 2006-08-25 06:10 pm (UTC)I love Ann with an E!