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July 2, 2007
The Wall by Peter Sis
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain is a new graphic memoir from MacArthur Fellow and two-time Caldecott Honor winner Peter Sis, which tells of his life in communist Czechoslovakia. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18.00, September 2007, ISBN#: 978-0-374-34701-7
October 3rd, 2007 at 10:10 am
I discovered Peter Sis on New Year’s Day, 2007, while trolling the kid’s book section at Elliot Bay Books. They had a copy of Tibet Trough the Red Door, and, as I turned the pages, I couldn’t help saying,”oh, my God…” His work is like so many of my favorites rolled into one, and so now I am playing catchup, and gradually aquiring his past works. I don’t believe any apologies to anyone are necessary for “telling it like it is” ( or, was) in this new book. I have been writing a children’s newsletter, which has grown up in content along with my son. Kids don’t need more pap, and the graphic novel is fast becoming the favorite reading choice of older kids used to getting their print input in small,easily digested doses. Congrats to Mr. Sis, and thank you for the interview!
November 7th, 2007 at 12:06 pm
hi ! I’m a french teacher and I came to the USA for several weeks for 2 courses, whose one is in MCAD in Minneapolis.
I recently discovered your book “the Wall” because you came in Minneapolis.
it was like a revelation for me because I have polish origins and I found rather the same problems my family had in Poland.
I think your book is very interesting and I’ll translate it to my children at home.
by the way, is there a french version or will it come soon ? because in France there are a lot of people who could be interested by this book.
thanks a lot
Anne-marie Wisniewski
harrybear418@yahoo.com