PAUL O ZELINSKY (2009-09-25 09:25:05)

http://www.paulozelinsky.com/

这是作者的网站。

昨天晚上给孩子读了三本他的书：Hansel and Gretel (1985), Rumpelstiltskin (1987）和Rapunzel。书名都非常的AO口。Rapunzel是我们小时候就听过的《长发姑娘》，它还有个其他的意思就是莴苴。插画是非常优美的。聪聪看了入了神，说，“就跟是真的一样，要从画里跳出来一样。这样的图画书非常合适现在的她：故事比较长，有点曲折，但是画面也大，字多。她愿意自己认，就自己认几个，不愿意，我就讲。有一点名间故事的意思。Hansel and Gretel的故事一开始，她就一直问，为什么要把孩子带到森林里不带他们回家呢？我说因为父母没有钱可以养他们了。她不理解，再问，“为什么养不起他们了？”我不想现在就告诉她金钱的重要性，也不想让她为物质而忧愁，就说，“你看，爸爸还是不愿意的，坏主意都是妈妈出的，可能那个妈妈是他们的STEPMOTHER。”她立刻接口说，“哦，对，就想灰姑娘的STEPMOTHER一样。”我说对的。这本可能原来具有现实主义的故事书就这样带有了一点童话色彩。看到Hansel and Gretel找到了那个CANDY HOUSE的那一页，她紧紧地盯着看了好半天。

当然，我讲故事也是很好听的，声音大小恰到好处，每次角色惟妙惟肖。这跟我小时候曾经是“故事大王”是分不开的。自我标榜一下。啦啦啦。

所以，图画书还是要好好挖掘挖掘的，因为不是说picture book就可以因为她已经开始念CHAPTER BOOK开始而消失了。

Paul O. Zelinsky grew up in Wilmette, Illinois, the son of a mathematics professor and a medical illustrator. He drew compulsively from an early age, but did not know until college that this would be his career. As a Sophomore in Yale College he enrolled in a course on the history and practice of the picture book, co-taught by an English professor and Maurice Sendak. This experience inspired Paul to point himself in the direction of children's books. His first book appeared in 1978, since which time he has become recognized as one of the most inventive and critically successful artists in the field.

He now lives with his wife in Brooklyn, New York. They have two grown daughters.

Among many other awards and prizes, he received the 1998 Caldecott Medal for his illustrated retelling of Rapunzel, as well as Caldecott Honors for three of his books: Hansel and Gretel (1985), Rumpelstiltskin (1987), and Swamp Angel (1995).