Tibet Through the Red Box (Caldecott Honor Book)
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| Rating | : | 4.38 (501 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0374375526 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 64 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
As a child in 1950s Czechoslovakia, Caldecott Honor-winning artist Peter Sís would listen to mysterious tales of Tibet, "the roof of the world." The narrator, oddly enough, was his father--a documentary filmmaker who had been separated from his crew, caught in a blizzard, and (according to him, anyway) nursed back to health by gentle Yetis. Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus, & Giroux.) --Kerry Fried. "He told me, over and over again, his magical stories of Tibet, for that is where he had been. Tibet is a treasure for the eyes and heart. He also produces pictures of his family at home--simple, monochromatic images that are just as haunting as their Himalayan counterparts. (
A gorgeous *adult* book in children's book format Tibet: Through the Red Box is an entrancing and beautiful book. However, it is one of the new subgenre of "children's books for adults" - it may look like a picture book, but it is *not* suitable for young children.Tibet is very like Maus: A Survivor's Tale, the award-winning graphic novel that bears only superficial resemblance to a standard graphic novel. In Tibet, as in Maus, a son tells his father's story - and what a story it is. Peter Sis' father was a documentary filmmaker who was hired by the Chinese to make a documentary about the . a wonderful combination of visual and mystical delights My ten year old son recently did a report on the Dalai Lama, and wanted to more of Tibet. He totally consumed this book, marveling at the art, the stories and their combination with real experiences. This is a book which combines the best of all of these venues!. (A) Free Tibet E. R. Bird I once had the great good fortune of seeing Peter Sis speak before a large audience of New York City Public Librarians. Charming, blessed with an uncommon eloquence, and funny as well Sis spoke of his work over the last few decades. From this speech I learned that Sis designed the poster for the movie of "Amadeus", that he was originally from Prague, and that one of his best works was something called, "Tibet: Through the Red Box". I was intrigued, but months passed and I filed away "Tibet" into my To-Be-Read pile of picture books. It was o
With his sublime pictures, inspired by Tibetan Buddhist art and linking history to memory, Peter Sis gives us an extraordinary book - a work of singular artistry and rare imagination. But over and over again he told Peter about his Tibetan adventures. The stories I heard as a little boy faded to a hazy dream, and my drawings from that time make no sense. It was not until I myself had gone far, far away and received the message from my father that I became interested in the red box again .In New York, Peter Sis receives a letter from his father. The brief note worries him and pulls him back to Prague, where the contents of the red box explain the mystery of his father's long absence during the 1950s.Czechoslovakia was behind the iron curtain; Vladimir Sis, a documentary filmmaker of considerable talent, was drafted into the army and sent to China to teach filmmaking. We weren't allowed to touch the box. "The Red Box is now yours," it says. A father's diary, an arti