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* Caldecott Honor 수상작
* Robert F. Sibert Award - Medal 수상작
* Parents' Choice Award 수상작
* Boston Globe - Horn Book Award 수상작
* BCCB Blue Ribbon Award 수상작
* New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Books of the Year
* A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER
* American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults,
* American Library Association Notable Children's Books,
* Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year,
* Amazon.com Top 10 Editors' Picks: Children,
* CCBC Choice
* Eisner Award Nominee,
* IRA Notable Books for a Global Society,
* NCSS-CBC Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies,
* Orbis Pictus,
* Booklinks Lasting Connection,
* Booklist Editors' Choice,
* Booklist Top 10 Biographies for Youth,
* Horn Book Magazine Fanfare List,
* Kirkus Reviews Editor's Choice,
* Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year,
* School Library Journal Best Books of the Year,
* VOYA's Nonfiction Honor List,
* Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens,
* Illinois Read for a Lifetime Award Master List,
* Michigan Great Lakes Great Books Award Master List,
* New Mexico Battle of the Books Master List,
* North Dakota Flicker Tale Children's Award Master List,
* NYPLC Children's Books 100,
* Utah Beehive Book Award Master List


이 책의 저자인 피터 시스는 그림으로 온갖 정보를 말하는 작가로 이미 여러 차례 칼데콧 상을 수상했고, 볼로냐 라가치 상도 받았습니다. Facts, 그림, 사진, 일기를 한데 묶어 냉전 시대를 보여 주는 이 책은 ‘어린이뿐 아니라 어른들도 볼 수 있는 걸작 그림책’, ‘정교하고도 황홀한 그림’이라는 명성에 맞게 일년동안 출간된 그림책 중에서 가장 뛰어난 책에 수여하는 칼데콧 아너 상과 일 년 동안 출간된 논픽션 중 정보 전달에 있어서 가장 우수한 도서를 선정하여 수여하는 로버트 F. 시버트 논픽션 메달 상을 수상했습니다.

이 책은 피터 시스의 눈으로 관찰하고 그의 관점으로 기록한 역사책입니다. 날카롭고 섬세한 펜 선, 재치가 넘치는 상황 묘사, 무채색과 붉은 상징의 대비를 통해 우리를 멀고도 작은 도시 ‘프라하’로 안내합니다. 부모와 자녀, 선생님과 학생이 함께 보며 한 개인의 삶에 녹아내린 역사를 살펴보기에 손색이 없습니다.

이 책은 피터 시스가 유년시절과 청년기를 보냈던 냉전 시절의 체코슬로바키아 프라하를 보여 줍니다. ‘냉전’이라는 단어가 역사책에서만 의미를 갖는 옛말이 되었고, 유럽의 작은 나라 이야기가 우리와 무슨 상관이 있냐고 물을 수도 있겠지만 이 책은 분단국 대한민국을 세계사의 관점에서 볼 수 있도록 역사적인 맥락을 설명해 줄 뿐 아니라 자유가 없는 곳에서 살아가는 사람들의 아픔을 조금이나마 경험할 수 있도록 우리를 안내해 줍니다.

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What is 하드커버? 양장본이라고도 불리우며, 표지가 단단한 판지로 만들어진 책입니다. 판지를 천이나 가죽으로 감싸기도 합니다. 책의 속지는 일반적으로 중성처리된 종이(Acid-free paper)를 사용해서 잘 변질이 되지 않기 때문에 오랫동안 보관하기에 적합합니다. 이 종류의 책은 더스트 재킷, 또는 더스트 커버로 불리는 표지덮개가 함께 있는 경우가 많습니다. 간혹 내부 속지가 콩기름 코팅이 된 경우 고약한 냄새가 나는 책도 있습니다.

하드커버책입니다.






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Hardcover: 56 pages
ISBN-10: 0374347018
ISBN-13: 978-0374347017
책 크기: 31 cm x 23.7 cm



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Book Description
“I was born at the beginning of it all, on the Red side—the Communist side—of the Iron Curtain.” Through annotated illustrations, journals, maps, and dreamscapes, Peter Sís shows what life was like for a child who loved to draw, proudly wore the red scarf of a Young Pioneer, stood guard at the giant statue of Stalin, and believed whatever he was told to believe. But adolescence brought questions. Cracks began to appear in the Iron Curtain, and news from the West slowly filtered into the country. Sís learned about beat poetry, rock ’n’ roll, blue jeans, and Coca-Cola. He let his hair grow long, secretly read banned books, and joined a rock band. Then came the Prague Spring of 1968, and for a teenager who wanted to see the world and meet the Beatles, this was a magical time. It was short-lived, however, brought to a sudden and brutal end by the Soviet-led invasion. But this brief flowering had provided a glimpse of new possibilities—creativity could be discouraged but not easily killed.

By joining memory and history, Sís takes us on his extraordinary journey: from infant with paintbrush in hand to young man borne aloft by the wings of his art.

The Wall is a 2007 New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year, a 2008 Caldecott Honor Book, a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year, the winner of the 2008 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award for Nonfiction, and a nominee for the 2008 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids.



Publishers Weekly *Starred Review*
Born out of a question posed to Sís (Play, Mozart, Play!) by his children (Are you a settler, Dad?), the author pairs his remarkable artistry with journal entries, historical context and period photography to create a powerful account of his childhood in Cold War–era Prague. Dense, finely crosshatched black-and-white drawings of parades and red-flagged houses bear stark captions: Public displays of loyalty - compulsory. Children are encouraged to report on their families and fellow students. Parents learn to keep their opinions to themselves. Text along the bottom margin reveals young Sís's own experience: He didn't question what he was being told. Then he found out there were things he wasn't told. The secret police, with tidy suits and pig faces, intrude into every drawing, watching and listening. As Sís grows to manhood, Eastern Europe discovers the Beatles, and the Prague Spring of 1968 promises liberation and freedom. Instead, Soviet tanks roll in, returning the city to its previous restrictive climate. Sís rebels when possible, and in the book's final spreads, depicts himself in a bicycle, born aloft by wings made from his artwork, flying toward America and freedom, as the Berlin Wall crumbles below. Although some of Sís's other books have their source in his family's history, this one gives the adage write what you know biting significance. Younger readers have not yet had a graphic memoir with the power of Maus or Persepolis to call their own, but they do now.



Booklist *Starred Review*
In an autobiographical picture book that will remind many readers of Marjane Satrapi's memoir Persepolis (2003), Sís' latest, a powerful combination of graphic novel and picture book, is an account of his growing up in Czechoslovakia under Soviet rule. Written in several stands, the somewhat fragmented narrative never dilutes the impact of the boldly composed panels depicting scenes from Sís' infancy through young adulthood. Throughout, terrific design dramatizes the conflict between conformity and creative freedom, often through sparing use of color; in many cases, the dominant palette of black, white, and Communist red threatens to swallow up young Peter's freely doodled, riotously colored artwork. The panels heighten the emotional impact, as when Sís fleeing the secret police, emerges from one spread's claustrophobic, gridlike sequence into a borderless, double-page escape fantasy. Even as they side with Peter against fearsome forces beyond his control, younger readers may lose interest as the story moves past his childhood, and most will lack crucial historical context. But this will certainly grab teens - who will grasp both the history and the passionate, youthful rebellions against authority - as well as adults, many of whom will respond to the Cold War setting. Though the term picture book for older readers has been bandied about quite a bit, this memorable title is a true example.