Author Archives: rosinskynatalie

More or Less Grimm

Posted on December 1, 2016 by rosinskynatalie

Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice, and other festive occasions . . . . Two recent, compelling fairy tale volumes would make excellent gifts this holiday season. Matt Phelan’s Snow White: A Graphic Novel (2016) and Shaun Tan’s The Singing Bones … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels, picture books, sculpture, Uncategorized | Tagged 1920s, 1930s, Adelita, Christmas, Cinderella, Depression era, Ed Young, fairy tales, Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm, Grimms' Fairy Tales, Hansel and Gretel, Hanukkah, holiday gifts, Inari Kiuru, Inuit art, Jack Zipes, Jacob Grimm, John Steptoe, Kwanzaa, Little Red Cap, Lon Po Po, Matt Dembicki, Matt Phelan, Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, Neil Gaiman, New York City, papier-mache, Philip Pullman, photographs, photography, pre-Columbian art, sculpture, Shaun Tan, Snow White: A Graphic Novel, the brothers Grimm, The Singing Bones, three-dimensional art, Tomie de Paola, Wilhelm Grimm, Winter Solstice | Leave a comment

Twenty-first Century Genius

Posted on November 1, 2016 by rosinskynatalie

Two graphic novelists were among the twenty-three creative people recently awarded an annual MacArthur “Genius” grant, with its hefty prize money. The MacArthur Foundation “celebrates and inspires the creative potential of individuals through no-strings-attached fellowships.” I was delighted to see that … Continue reading →

Posted in biographies, graphic novels, weather | Tagged atom bomb, biography, Brian Selznick, Century Girl: 100 Years in the Life of Doris Eaton Ellis, Century Girl: 100 Years in the Life of Doris Eaton Travis, climate change, collage, copper plate etching, cyanotype, dance, Doris Eaton Travis, Elicia Castaldi, Erik Drooker, Gene Luen Yang, history of science, Hollywood, Jennifer L. Holm, Last Living Star of the Ziegfe, Last Living Star of the Ziegfeld Follies, Lauren Redniss, Marie Curie, McArthur "Genius" award, memoir, Nobel Prize, nuclear medicine, nuclear power accidents, Ozge Samanci, Peter Kuper, Pierre Curie, Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie A Tale of Love and Fallout, radioactivity, radium, science, Shaun Tan, TED Talk, Thunder & LIghtning: Weather Past Present and Future, weather, World War I, World War II, Ziegfeld Follies | Leave a comment

Lively Looks at the Day of the Dead

Posted on October 1, 2016 by rosinskynatalie

A spirited crowd welcomed author/illustrator Raina Telgemeier to the Twin Cities the other week. Tweens in family and class groups filled a large university auditorium, excited to meet the popular, award-winning cartoonist, on national tour to promote her brand-new graphic … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels, picture books | Tagged award winner, Aztec heritage, Braden Lamb, calaveras, California, cystic fibrosis, Day of the Dead, death, Dia de Los Muertos, Dia de Muertos, Duncan Tonatiuh, engraving, etching, Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras, Ghosts, Halloween, holiday celebrations, humor, Jose Guadalupe Posada, lithography, Mexican-American, Mexico, Raina Telgemeier, satirical art, sisters, skeleton, skull, supernatural | Leave a comment

School Days vs. Labor Days

Posted on September 1, 2016 by rosinskynatalie

Is that alarm clock set to go off for school or work? And how do the young people in your life feel, come September, when they answer that question? Here in the U.S., Labor Day weekend marks the unofficial end … Continue reading →

Posted in biographies, picture books | Tagged Ana Malaspina, Bangladesh, child labor, Christina Lamb, Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith, Doug Chayka, elementary school readers, I am Mala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World, Iqbal Masih, Iqbal: A Brave Boy from Pakistan, Islam, Islamic zealots, Jeanette Winter, Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor, Kids on Strike, Labor Day, labor laws, Lawrence Migdale, Malala Yousafzazi, Malala: A Brave Girl from Pakistan, Migrant Worker: A Boy from the Rio Grande Valley, Muslim children, Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan, new school year, Patricia McCormick, photographs, Russell Freedman, Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Taliban, work, Yasmin's Hammer, young readers | Leave a comment

Turkish Delights and Dangers

Posted on August 1, 2016 by rosinskynatalie

What sense do young U.S. readers, bombarded these days by the war of words between our presidential candidates and assaulted by the images and realities of U.S. gun violence, make of recent events in Turkey? A failed military takeover of … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels, memoir | Tagged British imperialism, collage, Constantinople, Dare to Disappoint; Growing Up in Turkey, Delilah Dirk and the King's Shilling, Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant, Erdomoglu Selim, ethnic minority, Faith Erin Hicks, family history, Istanbul, Jordie Bellaire, memoir, military coup, Mr. Selim, Muqtatafat, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Napoleonic War, Ottoman Empire, Ozge Samanci, The Nameless City, The Stone Heart, Tony Cliff, Turkey, Turkish government | Leave a comment

Following Aaron Copeland’s Dream

Posted on July 10, 2016 by rosinskynatalie

What would composer Aaron Copeland have made of the Jewish Film Festival in Bozeman, Montana, now in its second season? The Jewish, Brooklyn-born and raised Copeland (1900 – 1990) made notable use of his klezmer-infused, cityscape youth in many musical … Continue reading →

Posted in articles | Tagged Aaron Copeland, agnostic, American West, Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid Suite, Black Feet, Bozeman, Brooklyn, composer, cowboys, Crow, film score, Gene Pitney, international students, Japanese flutes, Jewish Film Festival, Jews, John Ford, klezmer music, Montana, Montana State University, Northern Paiute, Of Mice and Men, ouds, Rodeo, Sarah Winnemucca, Sarah Winnemucca: Scout Activist and Teacher, sitars, Spur Award, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Red Pony, Western Writers of America | Leave a comment

Relishing Something New

Posted on July 1, 2016 by rosinskynatalie

A health crisis recently overtook our family, with my son Daniel suddenly in the hospital a long way from our home. Now that his health is more stable, the problem being addressed, I find myself thinking about those questions and … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels, memoir | Tagged "foodie", Alex Award, An Age of LIcense, cooking, Displacement, DIY wedding, eating, French Milk, gourmet, locavore cusine, Lucy Knisley, philosophy, recipes, Something New: Tales from a Makeshift Bride. Relish: My Life in the Kitchen, taste memory, wedding industry, wedding traditions, weddings | Leave a comment

Teachable Moments

Posted on June 1, 2016 by rosinskynatalie

Now that it is summer vacation time in North America, more of our young people’s teachable moments will take place outside of school. Graphic works can play a part in the lessons they learn—especially in areas often given shorter shrift … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels, hybrid books, picture books, Uncategorized | Tagged all ages, animal transformation, Banksy, Birdsong: A Story in Pictures, brothers and sisters, cross-dressing, E. Eeero Johnson, early readers, empathy, gender fluidity, gender identiy, high school students, humor, James Sturm, K-1st grade, Kamishibai, Kirstin Cronn-Mills, life lessons, Minneapolis, Original Fake, peformance art, sexual orientation, storytelling, summer reading, teenagers | Leave a comment

Ten Plagues and Two Graphic Novels

Posted on May 1, 2016 by rosinskynatalie

For a few days in spring, before cable TV and streaming media, actor Charlton Heston once dominated North America’s television airwaves. Sometimes on the same weekend, Heston’s rugged features and sonorous voice would bring Biblical times to life at Passover … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels, picture books | Tagged A. David Lewis, Aaron, Ben Hur; A Tale of the Christ, Ben-Hur, Bible, Bob Dacey, Cecil B. DeMille, Charlton Heston, David, Easter, Egypt, Exodus, Exodus: Gods and Kings, Fran Manushkin, Goliath, Israelites, J.T. Waldman, Jennifer Rodgers, Jesus Christ, Judaism, King David, Lew Wallace, Megillat Esther, midrash, midrashim, Miriam, Miriam's Cup: A Passover Story, Moses, movies, mpMann, Passover, Pharoah, Pharoah Ramses, Philistines, Punk Rock Jesus, Queen Esther, Ramses, Ridley Scott, Sean Murphy, ten plagues, The Lone and Level Sands, The Ten Commandments, Tom Gauld | 1 Comment

After the Brussels Bombings: Rethinking Heroes and Villains

Posted on April 1, 2016 by rosinskynatalie

This is not the blog post I had planned to write on April Fools’ Day. But reverberations from the recent Brussels bombings (and now the Lahore attacks) shifted my attention, compelling me back to 9/11 and its explosions. Read on. … Continue reading →

Posted in comics, graphic novels | Tagged 9/11 attacks, Al-Quaeda, anti-Semitism, Art Spiegelman, Baba Yaga's Assistant, Belgian cartoon, bombings, Brussels, Charlie Hebdo, Christians, DC superheroes, Emily Carroll, Footnotes in Gaza, Gavrilo Princip The Assassin Who Ignited World War I, George Remi, Herge, heroes, In the Shadow of No Towers, Islamic terrorists, Joe Sacco, Journalism, Lahore, Marika McCoola, Marvel superheroes, Muslims, Nimona, Noelle Stevenson, Palestine, racism, Spiderman, terrorism, Tintin, Tintin in America, Tintin in the Congo, villains | Leave a comment

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