The Storyteller
From Ezra Jack Keats 2015 New Illustrator Honor recipient Evan Turk comes his debut work as author illustrator an original folktale that celebrates the power of stories and storytelling.Long, long ago, like a pearl around a grain of sand, the Kingdom of Morocco formed at the edge of the great, dry Sahara It had fountains of cool, refreshing water to quench the thirst of the desert, and storytellers to bring the people together.But as the kingdom grew, the people forgot the dangers of the desert, and they forgot about the storytellers, too All but one young boy, who came to the Great Square for a drink and found something that quenched his thirst even better wonderful stories As he listened to the last storyteller recount the Endless Drought, and the Glorious Blue Water Bird, he discovered the power of a tale well told.Acclaimed illustrator Evan Turk has created a stunning multidimensional story within a story that will captivate the imagination and inspire a new generation of young storytellers. Best Read [ The Storyteller ] By [ Evan Turk ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Credit the internet age for doing what the television age never could I don t know if you ve noticed, but there is a movement around the world that can be interpreted as nothing so much as a direct response to our digital age You may have noticed it in small things, like the rise of Steampunk or the sudden surge of interest in Maker stations and the kinds of hacking that look suspiciously similar to activities found in shop class in days of yore All this comes about because people have come Credit the internet age for doing what the television age never could I don t know if you ve noticed, but there is a movement around the world that can be interpreted as nothing so much as a direct response to our digital age You may have noticed it in small things, like the rise of Steampunk or the sudden surge of interest in Maker stations and the kinds of hacking that look suspiciously similar to activities found in shop class in days of yore All this comes about because people have come to believe that we do not create enough tangible objects in our day to day lives any And while this is true, let us not forget that we do not create enough intangible objects either I m talking about storytelling, that ancient artform that is currently seeing a worldwide resurgence It isn t just the increase in storytelling festivals and podcasts like The Moth here in the States Young people in countries worldwide are doing what their elders have desire...In a series of nested stories, by retelling stories Scheherazade style to a sandstorm in the form of a djinn, a boy saves a Moroccan city from being engulfed by the Sahara and replenishes its water supply Stunn...A beautiful picture book about storytelling as the life blood of a village.Everything about this book is beautiful.Storytelling is the theme told through stunning art, a visual journey and a tale that weaves into another tale into another .2.5 out of 5When a storyteller dies, a library burnsold Moroccan sayingEvan Turk s illustrations, rendered in water soluble crayon, colored drawing pencils, inks, indigo, sugared green tea, a heat gun, and fire, are unique and reminiscent of folk art, which is especially fitting for a story that celebrates oral storytelling However, Turk s art style is not my favorite, and some pictures are too busy and hard to read.Also, I liked the idea and symbolism stories can quench the thirst an 2.5 out of 5When a storyteller dies, a library burnsold Moroccan sayingEvan Turk s illustrations, rendered in water soluble crayon, colored drawing pencils, inks, indigo, sugared green tea, a heat gun, and fire, are unique and reminiscent of folk art, which is especially fitting for a story that cele...Beautiful, beautiful book about storytelling itself.As an educator and storyteller there is one moment in the 1987 film Three Men and a Baby which stands outthan any of the other, albeit, funny incidents It focuses on reading aloud and the sound of the human voice Do you remember this When reading aloud to our children and students, without a doubt the words and images on the page conveythan we can fully understand given the life experiences each listener brings with them but our vocal interpretations have the ability to heighten th As an educator and storyteller there is one moment in the 1987 film Three Men and a Baby which stands outthan any of the other, albeit, funny incidents It focuses on reading aloud and the sound of the human voice Do you remember this When reading aloud to our children and students, without a doubt the words and images on the page conveythan we can fully understand given the life exper...Anyone who has been exposed to folk tales of The Middle East will recognize the influence in Evan Turk s The Storyteller In it there are several familiar feeling tales of old mixed with illustrations fitting of the Moroccan setting in which the tales are based Turk obviously did his homework to present both the written and illustrative parts of the book and make them feel like a cohesive whole The Storyteller is the type of book that feels like the storytellers of old who passed on their know Anyone who has been exposed to folk tales of The Middle East will recognize the influence in Evan ...I don t like to speak so negatively of a picture book, but I did not enjoy reading this one I finally finished it after the third reading attempt because each time my eyes would glaze over and I would find myself very bored The art was not appealing to me, and I found the pages entirely too busy Update I couldn t put my finger on what the artwork reminded me of but after talking about it with my boss he mentioned that it looked really 90s, like when graphic arts was still developing I agree I don t like to speak so negatively of a picture book, but I did not enjoy reading this one I finally finished it after the third reading attempt because each time my eyes would glaze over and I would find myself very bored The art was not appealing to me, ...
- 06 November 2018 Evan Turk
- Hardcover
- 48 pages
- 1481435183
- Evan Turk
- The Storyteller