This short and simple film is about renewable energy. It is the only work in the Library to directly and explicitly address this important concept for the future of Europe. At only 90 seconds long, the film is a perfectly bite-size film for students … [Read more...]
Where’s the Elephant?
Children, like adults, quickly develop sophisticated expectations of genre and style – for example, seeking to see the similarities that define certain types of picturebooks. This picturebook by French artist Barroux plays upon these expectations by … [Read more...]
Where’s the Starfish?
Barroux’s sequel to Where’s the Elephant? plays upon the same premise. The ludic format of the wimmelbook, such as Where’s Wally, becomes a catalyst for an important message about protecting the environment. Children will have great fun spotting the … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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. … [Read more...]
Domek [The House]
When a family leave their house for a new apartment in the centre of the city, the house uproots itself in order to follow them and win them back. A tale of rivalry between old and new technologies and ways of living begins, as the house follows the … [Read more...]
Thaumatrope, the 2 Sides of Life
This film will provide viewers with a way to create their own thaumatrope: a scientific toy created in the 19th century where a piece of card is spun so that the images on either side of it blur together. This brief, sixty-second short film made at … [Read more...]
Taikapuikot [The Magic Knitting Needles]
This picturebook highlights the importance of titles in ‘wordless’ narratives. In this picturebook, the title provides a cue to comprehending the story: a broken boiler in a cold winter, and a parent knitting for her family to keep everyone warm. She … [Read more...]
