Are we ever exactly what we want to be? Could we be someone else, someone better, or even just someone exuberantly untamed? These questions find possible answers in animated form, based on books by Mwenye Hadithi, Jack Kent, Rudyard Kipling, Maurice Sendak, and others. Followed by a thirty-minute presentation by author/illustrator Julie Downing who has over forty children’s books to her name. Her most recent, First Mothers, written by Deborah Trotter, celebrates the women behind the White House. Downing has also illustrated books for Ursula K. LeGuin.
SWIMMY Giulio Gianni, 1973, Based on the book by Leo Lionni, 5:30 mins, Color
HOT HIPPO Christopher Palesty, 1990, Based on the book by Mwenye Hadithi, 5 mins, Color
MOWGLI’S BROTHERS Chuck Jones, 1976, Based on the book by Rudyard Kipling, Narrated by Roddy McDowall, 25 mins, Color
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOON Daniel Ivanick, 1995, Based on the book by Frank Asch, 6:30 mins, Color
THE WIZARD Euan Frizzell, 1985, Based on the book by Jack Kent, 7:30 mins, Color
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE Gene Deitch, 1973, Based on the book by Maurice Sendak, 7:30 mins, Color
Total running time: 57 mins
Are we ever exactly what we want to be? Could we be someone else, someone better, or even just someone exuberantly untamed? These questions find possible answers in animated form, based on books by Mwenye Hadithi, Jack Kent, Rudyard Kipling, Maurice Sendak, and others. Followed by a thirty-minute presentation by author/illustrator Julie Downing who has over forty children’s books to her name. Her most recent, First Mothers, written by Deborah Trotter, celebrates the women behind the White House. Downing has also illustrated books for Ursula K. LeGuin.
SWIMMY Giulio Gianni, 1973, Based on the book by Leo Lionni, 5:30 mins, Color
HOT HIPPO Christopher Palesty, 1990, Based on the book by Mwenye Hadithi, 5 mins, Color
MOWGLI’S BROTHERS Chuck Jones, 1976, Based on the book by Rudyard Kipling, Narrated by Roddy McDowall, 25 mins, Color
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOON Daniel Ivanick, 1995, Based on the book by Frank Asch, 6:30 mins, Color
THE WIZARD Euan Frizzell, 1985, Based on the book by Jack Kent, 7:30 mins, Color
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE Gene Deitch, 1973, Based on the book by Maurice Sendak, 7:30 mins, Color
Total running time: 57 mins
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