http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780439895293/ Browse our collection of literature Tue, 22 May 2012 20:39:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780439895293/#comment-7061 Kyann Kirby Sat, 30 Oct 2010 07:27:06 +0000 http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780439895293/#comment-7061 I am fascinated by wordless books. I recently checked one out of the library for my grandson. "Four Hungry Kittens" it was unbelievable. I would love to have "The Arrival" for my collection. The concept of a wordless book is a wonderful to tell a story to anyone and especially to someone who can not read the language. My grandson told me the story of the four hungry kittens. It was adorable. I am fascinated by wordless books. I recently checked one out of the library for my grandson. “Four Hungry Kittens” it was unbelievable. I would love to have “The Arrival” for my collection. The concept of a wordless book is a wonderful to tell a story to anyone and especially to someone who can not read the language. My grandson told me the story of the four hungry kittens. It was adorable.

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780439895293/#comment-6934 WOW Currents » Visual Journeys with Immigrant Readers Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:39:45 +0000 http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780439895293/#comment-6934 [...] from The University of Texas at Austin, shared the power of the visual image in the graphic novel The Arrival by Shaun Tan (2006) with linguistically different audiences in two workshops. We engaged the [...] [...] from The University of Texas at Austin, shared the power of the visual image in the graphic novel The Arrival by Shaun Tan (2006) with linguistically different audiences in two workshops. We engaged the [...]

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780439895293/#comment-5141 WOW Currents » After the Journey: Immigrants in a New Country Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:07:57 +0000 http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780439895293/#comment-5141 [...] The Arrival (2006), by Shaun Tan, combines the main character’s inability to speak in the foreign tongue of his new homeland with a wordless picture book. Following the magnificent pictures, the reader is able to personally experience the main character’s feelings of isolation, while also sharing in his eventual joy. [...] [...] The Arrival (2006), by Shaun Tan, combines the main character’s inability to speak in the foreign tongue of his new homeland with a wordless picture book. Following the magnificent pictures, the reader is able to personally experience the main character’s feelings of isolation, while also sharing in his eventual joy. [...]

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