![]() ![]() ![]() Though the host initially tells him he's not welcome - Heyerdahl (Pal Sverre Hagen) has already been soundly rejected by every publisher, magazine editor and potential financier in the city - the Danish explorer Peter Freuchen (Soren Pilmark) recognizes him and lets him in.įreuchen's appearance in Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg's film is limited to just this one scene, but the character introduces two key concepts - one that will be central to Heyerdahl's philosophy, and another that will prove key to that of the filmmakers. ![]() With: Pal Sverre Hagen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Gustaf SkarsgårdĮarly in Kon-Tiki, a dramatization of Thor Heyerdahl's famous 1947 trans-Pacific raft expedition, the Norwegian ethnographer arrives at the New York Explorers Club trying to drum up support for his crazy adventure. Rated PG-13 for a disturbing violent sequence Directors: Joachim Ronning, Espen Sandberg. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() illustrations bring out the spirit behind hooks's writing and have great child appeal.- School Library Journal has a free-wheeling joy that is admirably captured by illustrator Raschka.- Bulletin for the Center of Children's Booksĭults and small children will enjoy sharing the joyful words and the playful color wash pictures with thick black lines.- Booklist *A powerful, uplifting and, above all, buoyantly fun read-aloud.- Publishers Weekly, starred review Just all girl happy! Happy to be nappy hair! Nominated for an NAACP Image Award, here is a buoyantly fun read aloud brimming with playful - and powerful - affirmations. ![]() About the Book Celebrates the joy and beauty of nappy hair.īook Synopsis The groundbreaking picture book by legendary author bell hooks and multi-Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka that celebrates hair, perfect for fans of Hair Love and I Love My Hair! ![]() ![]() ![]() In the eyes of many of my evangelical neighbors, my family - Roman Catholics - might not have been in active league with the Devil, but were certainly headed to his abode. A typical Saturday would feature 10 or 12 of these transactions, all duly noted in our ledger: "Sold Blackmail 50¢, bought Moment of Madness 25¢." Otherwise, I tended the silence. Our only business was selling Harlequin romances for 50 cents and buying them back for 25. The bookstore appealed to my sense of the greater good - as well as my intellectual vanity.Īnd it wasn't hard work. I was informed I'd be working Saturdays, mostly by myself. So when my stepmother opened our town's first bookstore I was amazed by one book in particular: an infernal red and black volume called The Satanic Verses.Īs was common with my stepmother's many schemes, business and otherwise, I was quickly dragged in for cheap labor. His worshippers - it was honestly believed and confidently proclaimed - lived among us. ![]() ![]() He possessed otherwise good people's bodies and brought them to sin. ![]() He whispered backwards on our rock albums. In 1980s Arkansas, one concern trumped all others: Satan. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Satanic Verses Author Salman Rushdie ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ‘Knuffle’ comes from a Dutch word meaning ‘snuggle’, pronounced with a hard K: however, Willems has given readers permission to pronounce it however we like! ![]() You may be wondering about the titular character. Children can retell the story, make small changes in setting or character or write new adventures. It also provides opportunities for phonetic reading of nonsense words and extrapolating what Trixie might actually be saying, a motivating stimulation for sentence building.īecause of the simple story and language, Knuffle Bunny is particularly good as a writing model. Much hilarity can be created by a class reading Trixie’s babble. On realising that Knuffle Bunny (her soft toy) is missing, Trixie exclaims, 'ggle flaggle klabble!' which her daddy amusingly misunderstands. Knuffle Bunny is unusual in its depiction of pre-verbal speech. Although it is an American book, the spellings and most of the language have been anglicised in UK editions. The text can be enjoyed aurally or read independently by a confident key stage 1 reader. ![]() Misunderstandings between pre-verbal Trixie and her dad provide good-natured comedy. There are many great aspects to this book:Ĭartoon images layered over sepia photographs of modern-day Brooklyn create a simple, but not simplified world. ![]() ![]()
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