tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35328696956142078352009-10-16T22:22:02.085-04:00fairrosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01694731883888390105noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3532869695614207835.post-23584520656033253702008-07-28T17:10:00.006-04:002008-12-08T16:58:35.684-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I7BgcT_UH4Y/SI42z4-rfDI/AAAAAAAAACg/vx4xHMeX-eU/s1600-h/0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 184px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I7BgcT_UH4Y/SI42z4-rfDI/AAAAAAAAACg/vx4xHMeX-eU/s320/0.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228176482520235058" border="0" /></a><span>Written by Shannon and Dean Hale</span><br /><span>Illustrated by Nathan Hale</span><br /><span>Published by Bloomsbury USA, 2008</span><br /><span>144 Pages</span><br /><span>Graphic Novel</span><br /><span>Middle Grades (3-6)</span><span></span><br /><br />Lily just got back from summer camp and picked up this book in the living room. I read it last week and fell in love with the story, the characters, the illustrations, and the graphic novel design of the entire package. I was pleased to find that Lily couldn't put the book down. After she finished it, we had a little chat. The one thing that surprised me was that in Lily's mind, the setting isn't all that unconventional for a Rapunzel tale while to me, the setting is one of the most intriguing features since I always placed Rapunzel as a European story set in the deep woods.<br /><br />Here's our chat:<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.fairrosa.info/rj/LBRC02.mp3" autostart="false" loop="false" controls="console" height="62" width="250"></embed><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3532869695614207835-2358452065603325370?l=livingroombookchat.blogspot.com'/></div>fairrosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01694731883888390105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3532869695614207835.post-57642792451541578122008-07-03T08:09:00.004-04:002008-12-08T16:58:35.834-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I7BgcT_UH4Y/SGzLg9ODYRI/AAAAAAAAABY/7rKYlZNoCRA/s1600-h/2769831.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 246px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I7BgcT_UH4Y/SGzLg9ODYRI/AAAAAAAAABY/7rKYlZNoCRA/s320/2769831.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218769835265319186" border="0" /></a><br />written and illustrated by Marla Frazee<br />published by Harcourt, 2008<br />40 pages/picture book<br /><br />This book has already been recognized by the Horn Book/Boston Globe Book Awards as an excellent title in the picture book category. (It's an honor book.)<br /><br />The two people chatting about this book are Roxanne and Lily Feldman.<br /><embed src="http://www.fairrosa.info/rj/LRBC01.mp3" autostart="false" loop="false" controls="console" height="62" width="250"></embed><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3532869695614207835-5764279245154157812?l=livingroombookchat.blogspot.com'/></div>fairrosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01694731883888390105noreply@blogger.com0