Ellen RaskinTwayne Publishers, 1991 - 120 pages |
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Page 53
... humor . The humor is visual . The absence of dialogue points to a characteristic of Raskin pic- ture books that some critics have paused over — the fact that un- usual and fascinating characters may be introduced but that no climax or ...
... humor . The humor is visual . The absence of dialogue points to a characteristic of Raskin pic- ture books that some critics have paused over — the fact that un- usual and fascinating characters may be introduced but that no climax or ...
Page 105
... humor - loving , unpretentious people , we have as a na- tion contributed largely to earnest works for the young . Sid Fleischman said this during Raskin's lifetime , ' and it remains true to a great extent . Though , as he noted , we ...
... humor - loving , unpretentious people , we have as a na- tion contributed largely to earnest works for the young . Sid Fleischman said this during Raskin's lifetime , ' and it remains true to a great extent . Though , as he noted , we ...
Page 108
... humor could cer- tainly be compared to different aspects of " Jewish humor , ” the humor of a people with long , painful experience and practice at surviving it . But whatever the causes of an outsider sensibility and the costs of ...
... humor could cer- tainly be compared to different aspects of " Jewish humor , ” the humor of a people with long , painful experience and practice at surviving it . But whatever the causes of an outsider sensibility and the costs of ...
Contents
Biographical Sketch | 1 |
Illustrations for Others | 11 |
Words arent everything | 31 |
Copyright | |
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