tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35088240.post3515770783912161523..comments2023-01-07T19:00:52.526-05:00Comments on the excelsior file: The Arrivaldavid elzeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16653215150526146224noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35088240.post-89707807053962415432007-09-05T18:56:00.000-04:002007-09-05T18:56:00.000-04:00Yes, Monica, the book is hardcover, and it's only ...Yes, Monica, the book is hardcover, and it's only $20, which seems like a steal to me.<BR/><BR/>As for the American history vs. Australian history comment, I thought about that and while I'm sure Tan is taking <I>a</I> general approach to the immigration experience I was merely pointing out how succinctly it summarizes <I>the</I> American experience... or at least how it used to be when we were david elzeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16653215150526146224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35088240.post-60052070674980414832007-09-05T17:47:00.000-04:002007-09-05T17:47:00.000-04:00Best damn book of the year and it won't win much o...Best damn book of the year and it won't win much of anything at all. Why? Because it falls between the cracks. It's like nothing that's ever been before, so no one wants to touch it. This has been the year of the undefinable title. Those books that don't slot neatly into a category but blow everyone away.fusenumber8https://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35088240.post-81416564807065793742007-09-05T17:17:00.000-04:002007-09-05T17:17:00.000-04:00I too think this book is amazing. Interestingly, ...I too think this book is amazing. Interestingly, today I had a meeting with my 4th grade colleagues and gave each one a poster of The Arrival that I'd picked up for them at ALA. I then showed them the ARC (is the book itself hardback?) and they were wowed. We all put the posters up for our students as they will be arriving too in a a few days and we already use the metaphor of their being "Monica Edingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03924540264341924291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35088240.post-15806261900055619232007-09-05T00:57:00.000-04:002007-09-05T00:57:00.000-04:00I'm not so sure, Sara. I've seen plenty of review...I'm not so sure, Sara. I've seen plenty of reviews of graphic novels that don't rely on images and, in fact, are nearly identical to "regular" book reviews. The comic book industry has been reviewing materials the same as traditional books for years and, in the end, it comes down to the ability of the person reviewing to convey the same sort of information.<BR/><BR/>I think with picture books david elzeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16653215150526146224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35088240.post-41445502815919308502007-09-04T12:58:00.000-04:002007-09-04T12:58:00.000-04:00wow. that book looks amazing. I might have to get ...wow. that book looks amazing. I might have to get that for myself.<BR/><BR/>x<BR/>tVirtualThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324390154062731151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35088240.post-23954146905168898892007-09-04T11:28:00.000-04:002007-09-04T11:28:00.000-04:00I've heard rumblings about this book in other plac...I've heard rumblings about this book in other places, but seeing these pictures makes me want to be reading it right now. <BR/><BR/>I think it's hard to adequately review graphic novels without showing the pictures, but that's not always allowed. So then you're stuck with trying to fumble about and say what it would have been so easy to show. And I agree with you on the awards problem, but if I Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.com