{"id":42408,"date":"2024-07-16T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=42408"},"modified":"2024-07-15T11:16:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T18:16:15","slug":"the-snow-queen-an-ideal-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/the-snow-queen-an-ideal-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Snow Queen \/ An Ideal Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Books That Belong On Paper<\/strong>\u00a0first appeared on the web as Wink Books and was edited by Carla Sinclair.<\/em>\u00a0Sign up here<\/a>\u00a0to get the issues a week early in your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A NEW EDITION OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN\u2019S THE SNOW QUEEN<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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The Snow Queen: A Tale in Seven Stories<\/em>
by by Hans Christian Andersen (Illustrator), Sanna Annukka (Illustrator), Jean Hersholt (Translator)
Ten Speed Press
2016, 88 pages, 5.0 x 0.6 x 9.0 inches, Hardcover<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Hans Christian Andersen classic, The Snow Queen<\/em>, is a quick and enjoyable read, made all the more so with printmaker Sanna Annukka\u2019s gorgeous illustrations. You\u2019ll likely recognize the textile designer\u2019s aesthetic from Marimekko and, not surprisingly, many of her illustrations make full use of her bold, geometric patterns through the characters\u2019 dress. Her landscapes look like fabrics, too. A panel that shows a wintry countryside looks like it could be a weaving and I wish I could buy another, a garden in full bloom, by the bolt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The story itself is not what I had expected. In many ways, the titular character is a minor player. The heroine is a young girl, Gerda, who journeys bravely and earnestly, escaping numerous villains by virtue of her devotion to her young friend and playmate, Kay, who has been lured away by the Snow Queen. Kay first fell victim to the heart-numbing trickery of the devil himself, who had accidentally broken an evil mirror crafted to reflect and amplify only the most wicked and ugly things in the world. When the mirror breaks, pieces \u201csmaller than a grain of sand\u201d are sent flying around the word, one of which sticks in Kay\u2019s eye, and another which pierces and chills his heart. As the Snow Queen further freezes Kay\u2019s heart with a kiss, Gerda braves witches, haunts, thieves, and icy winds to save her friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe it\u2019s because I\u2019m a mom who is worn out on Frozen<\/em>, the Disney smash hit (which refuses to die, despite every parent\u2019s best efforts) that was loosely based on the fairy tale, but I wish that the movie more closely echoed the actual story. The Snow Queen<\/em> is a story about the good and strength inherent in children, in which a young girl saves a young boy for a change. Though the movie maintained some of this (and, of course, the \u201clove thaws a frozen heart\u201d moral), I think it did an injustice to the young audience who could have seen themselves, as they can in the book, in a persistent heroine their own age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Mk Smith Despres<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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IDEAL BOY, AN: CHARTS FROM INDIA<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Ideal Boy, An: Charts from India<\/em>
by Sirish Rao, V. Geetha, Gita Wolf (Editors)
Dewi Lewis Publishing
2001, 120 pages, 6.9 x 1.0 x 9.4 inches, Hardcover<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cheap visual charts were the main educational aid in Indian classrooms until recently. Meant to teach children good behavior, and to assist their reading skills, these inexpensive posters were plastered everywhere by local printers. They have a naive art aesthetic since the artists were unschooled themselves. Generally the charts follow a formula of filing in a grid with examples. Like comic books, their garish colors and simple forms have their own innocent charm. This book rounds up a hundred samples of what is now a rare folk art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Kevin Kelly<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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