Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Auteur de First the Egg
A propos de l'auteur
Laura Vaccaro Seeger is a New York Times best-selling author and illustrator. Laura is also a 2-time Caldecott Honor Award winner as well as a winner of the New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award, the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Best Picture Book, and a 2-time winner of the Theodor Seuss afficher plus Geisel Honor Award. She is also the recipient of the Empire State Award for Body of Work and Contribution to Children's Literature. Laura's paintings have been exhibited in many museums and galleries including the Art Institute of Chicago and the New York Public Library. Laura earned her BFA degree at the School of Fine Art and Design at the State University of New York at Purchase. She moved to Manhattan to begin a career as an animator, artist, designer, and editor in the network television business. She created show openings and special segments for NBC and ABC for many years and won an Emmy Award for an NBC Special opening animation. Laura is the author of the Dog and Bear Series, First the Egg, Green, I Had a Rooster, Lemons are Not Red, One Boy, The Hidden Alphabet, Walter was Worried, and What If? (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Crédit image: Courtesy Laura Vaccaro Seeger
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Œuvres de Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Chien et ours joue avec moi 1 exemplaire
Dog and Bear 1 exemplaire
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Partage des connaissances
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Long Island, New York, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Rockville Centre, New York, USA
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Green par Laura Vaccaro Seeger
This book's been getting rave after rave. I liked it, but I didn't think it was a revelation. Plus, I put it prominently on display at my library and it's been sitting there for four days. Maybe my patrons are just not that into the color green.
Can I say I love cut out holes in picture books? Can I say I'm not really sure what cut-out holes are technically called? Die-cut? I must have missed that day in my Children's Materials class.
The point is this book is great and it has cut out holes. It's informational, but instead of just a bunch of discrete facts, Seeger cleverly brings things full circle and, whoah, this picture book just got deep, man!
The point is this book is great and it has cut out holes. It's informational, but instead of just a bunch of discrete facts, Seeger cleverly brings things full circle and, whoah, this picture book just got deep, man!
What I love about wordless (or nearly wordless) books is the depth of emotion that they convey. Just like Aaron Becker's "Journey" trilogy, Laura Vaccaro Seeger does the same with her color trilogy. She says
"I believe that readers should make their own connections with characters in books, but in my mind, the boy we watched grow up in "Blue" is the father of the little girl we see at the end of "Green." And a few years late, that little girl plays a pivotal role in "Red.""
That is the type of storytelling that I am here for!… (plus d'informations)
"I believe that readers should make their own connections with characters in books, but in my mind, the boy we watched grow up in "Blue" is the father of the little girl we see at the end of "Green." And a few years late, that little girl plays a pivotal role in "Red.""
That is the type of storytelling that I am here for!… (plus d'informations)
Laura Vaccaro Seeger is already a two time Caldecott honor winner....and I think it won't be very different with this one!
'Blue" is simple, pretty much a wordless picture book. Yet the words that are present are impactful. It's the story of a boy and Blue...both the name of his dog AND the colors around him. So many shades of blue are present and are used to depict the mood of the book. The illustrations are "acrylic paint on canvas" which is a look I greatly enjoy.
I say it has early literacy capabilities for a couple of reasons. It's a great beginning reader with sight words and repetition. It can also be used to ask "what do you think is going on"..so perfect for dialogic reading. Yes, it is sad. But that's okay. I'm actually debating about using it in a storytime to see how it goes.… (plus d'informations)
'Blue" is simple, pretty much a wordless picture book. Yet the words that are present are impactful. It's the story of a boy and Blue...both the name of his dog AND the colors around him. So many shades of blue are present and are used to depict the mood of the book. The illustrations are "acrylic paint on canvas" which is a look I greatly enjoy.
I say it has early literacy capabilities for a couple of reasons. It's a great beginning reader with sight words and repetition. It can also be used to ask "what do you think is going on"..so perfect for dialogic reading. Yes, it is sad. But that's okay. I'm actually debating about using it in a storytime to see how it goes.… (plus d'informations)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 25
- Membres
- 4,604
- Popularité
- #5,464
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 559
- ISBN
- 105
- Langues
- 4
- Favoris
- 1