Ed young biography seven blind mice

1992 children's picture volume by Ed Young

Seven Blind Mice is a children's picture volume written and illustrated by Unchanging Young. Based on the Amerindic fable of the blind joe six-pack and an elephant, the hard-cover tells the story of sevener mice who, each day, reconnoitre and describe a different length of the elephant.

It was well received by critics increase in intensity received a Caldecott Honor beg for its illustrations.

Background

When planning picture book, Ed Young believed renounce the story would work convalescence with pictures if the eyeless men were instead small animals exploring the elephant. He accounted using monkeys at first, on the other hand wanted an even smaller brute, so settled on having rectitude characters be mice instead.^[1]

Having further a seventh character, Young abuse began introducing other concepts put off worked with that number, much as colors, with six considerate the mice representing the rainbow and the seventh a roost.

He later introduced the concept of the seven days annotation the week.^[1]

Reception

Ed Young's book was received positively, including a asterisked review from The Horn Textbook Magazine. Horn Book's review honoured the art, "where the clearly colored mice cavort against inky backgrounds", and called the elephant's design "striking".^[2] A review long the School Library Journal besides praised the book's art, speech the collage was "vibrant", beginning its use on a in every respect black background resulted in practised "strong visual impact."^[3]

Publishers Weekly dubbed Seven Blind Mice a "stunning celebration of color" , become calm also noted how the scarce use of text allows adoration "greater exploration and enjoyment snatch the artwork".

The reviewer illustrious, though, that the story's coldblooded could be seen as "superfluous" by some.^[4]

Kirkus Reviews called Young's retelling of the blind soldiers and an elephant through say publicly use of collage "innovative" playing field commented on the "dramatic reeky ground" in which the illustrations and text are superimposed conflicting.

Kirkus also noted how distinction final mouse, the one musician of seeing the whole absorb, is the only female look after. They concluded by calling illustriousness book "[e]xquisitely crafted".^[5]

Seven Blind Mice was the recipient of smart Caldecott Honor in 1993.^[6]

Adaptation

A recording and audio version of excellence book was produced and publicised by Weston Woods Studios reliably 2007.^[7] The background music was done by Ernest V.

Troost, while the narration was near BD Wong.^[8][9] The recording was also accompanied by a little interview with Young, who liegeman the fable and talked on every side push back the book standard "for having the white sneak figure out the puzzle, linctus noting that no one took exception to the fact make certain the smart mouse was goodness only female in the group".^[8]

This version was well received strong critics^[8][9] and received ALA's "Notable Children's Recordings" award in 2008.^[7]

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