This example of a picturebook dealing with the theme of the migrant crisis is less hopeful than the others. Indeed, the picturebook can be read as a memorial for the lives lost in the passage across the Mediterranean. The story opens with the stark … [Lue lisää...]
La Danse de la Mer [The Dance of the Sea]
The ocean is the main character in this beautiful French wordless picturebook. Intricate and poetic line drawings depict the passage of ships across a sea that is both calm and chaotic. The sea is personified as dancing women who begin by permitting … [Lue lisää...]
La Moufle [The Mitten]
A charming film, this beautiful depiction of the approach of winter in the countryside will compel children aged 8-11 years old to discuss the importance of shelter and sustenance in a harsh environment. As snow falls, a girl and her grandparents … [Lue lisää...]
The Dog who was a Cat Inside
The premise of this short film is a dog and a cat that share the same body: although this sounds complicated, it is a clever use of the visual wordless form, clearly depicting a sense of identity ambivalence that all can relate to. The dog and the … [Lue lisää...]
Il principi azurro, la principessa fuxia [Prince Charming & The Purple Princess]
This is the second reversible picturebook in the corpus: the other is the Migrando [Migrating] which is themed around the migrant crisis. The wordless form is to put to use to provide two different ways of consider the same story. One side of the … [Lue lisää...]
Pipopingviini [The Red Herring]
This Finnish-Irish co-production is by some of the same makers as Isän Poika [Papa’s Boy]. A community of penguins are used to traditional methods of fishing, but a pair of suave penguin businessmen arrive to propose a new method. A huge machine is … [Lue lisää...]
De Boomhut [The Tree House]
This work is a beautifully evocative and ambiguous wordless depiction of a treehouse in different scenes, times, and environments. The treehouse stands in a body of water. A polar bear approaches it and seeks shelter upon it; on the next page, a … [Lue lisää...]
La Carotte Géante [The Giant Carrot]
Boldly coloured and cleanly cut computer animation depicts this tale of a family with a giant carrot growing in the vegetable patch. It is only through teamwork that the family are able to uproot the giant carrot. Even the pets join in: the dog, the … [Lue lisää...]
Η φάλαινα, το αγόρι και η θάλασσα ανάμεσα τους [The Whale, The Boy, and the Sea In Between]
This atmospheric and ambiguous Greek wordless picturebook depicts a moment of empathy between a boy and a whale. This subtlety and ambiguity will be an important springboard for conversation for children aged 8-11 years as they contemplate this text. … [Lue lisää...]
