Summary
Caldecott Award winner Ed Young balances the relationship between words and pictures and emotions by exploring the form and symbolism of Chinese characters.In this deeply personal book, artist and author Ed Young explores twenty-six Chinese characters, each describing a feeling or emotion, and each containing somewhere the symbol for the heart. Through stunning collage art that interprets the visual elements within each character, Young uncovers layers of emotional meaning for words such as joy and sorrow, respect and rudeness. He invites children to probe the full range of their own emotions, and gives parents, librarians, and older readers a context for discussing ethics and for examining the silmilarities and differences between old and new, East and West. Voices of the Heart is a truly unique exploration-or as Young writes, “adventure”-into the different moods, and dangers and abilities of the human heart.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781609808679 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1609808673 |
| Author: | Ed Young |
| Publisher: | Seven Stories Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Triangle Square |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 11 June 2019 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 160mm x 126mm |
| Audience Age: | 5-9 |
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“This highly original tour de force will awaken children to the relation between language and thought, providing many hours of fascination and discussion.” - School Library Journal
“This highly original tour de force will awaken children to the relation between language and thought, providing many hours of fascination and discussion.” –School Library Journal
About The Author
Ed Young
Ed Young is a renowned illustrator and writer of children’s picture books. Born on November 28, 1931, in Tientsin, China, he moved to the US as a young man, where he worked at an advertising agency before illustrating his first book, The Mean Mouse and Other Mean Stories by Janice May Urdry, in 1962. Since then he has illustrated over eighty children’s books, seventeen of which he has also written. Throughout his long career he has received over fifty awards and honors, including the Caldecott Medal in 1990 for Lon Po Po, his retelling of a Chinese version of “Little Red Riding Hood,” and Caldecott Honors for The Emperor and the Kite (1967) and Seven Blind Mice (1992). He has been nominated twice for the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition given to children’s book authors and illustrators for their contribution to children’s literature. His books frequently draw on folklore from Chinese, Native American, Indian, Persian, and other cultures, and he uses a variety of media, including pencil, pastel, ink, collage, cut paper, photographs, and found materials. He lives in Westchester County, New York, with his two daughters and two cats.
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