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Shh. Don't Say a Word.
June 13, 2007
Sheesh. I decide a book's one of my favorites of the year and then suddenly I don't pay attention to the fact that it has
won a major Australian literary award. I am referring of course to Shaun Tan's magnificent and soon-to-hit-American-shelves-in-October wordless masterpiece
The Arrival. And I only learned about the award when I read
The Guardian's own take on the book in the piece
Teach Your Child to Read Pictures. Author Shirley Dent thinks on the very existence of wordless picture books (or, in this case, wordless novellas) and what they may mean. In the end, she puts it quite beautifully.
The best literary illustration - as opposed to illustrated literature - illumines new meanings, shines a light on the world afresh. Tan's book may not be teaching your children to read - but it will be teaching them how to read literature.
Thanks to
Bookninja for the link.
Posted by Elizabeth Bird on June 13, 2007 | Comments (1)
