11-18-2013, 11:05 AM
What do you think about children's literature, have you read any recently?
I specifically remember a 2 year period from 2006-8 where all the picture books we were read in class got really profound and some got very frightening.
They were all Australian or New Zealand children's literature though: The one I remember most is this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Watertower
This and the sequel freaked me out, and still does to this day. It was about a watertower, and two boys go swimming in it, but when one comes out, he's changed. In the sequel, you see the entire world branded with this 'change' and a disturbing motif runs throughout the illustrations.
I also remember this one picture book about clinical depression called the red tree, and another one 'The Rabbits', about the destruction of Australian Aborigines, that our teacher told us got banned in Australia for a while.
The New Zealand books that I remember were these two I cant remember the names of. One of them was about a girl who went to her grandfather's creepy old house. She had a nightmare about a fog, on the beach. The next day they made clam chowder. The other one was about an astronaut who finds his ship invaded by a pyramid-shaped alien vessel, which got really unsettling towards the end.
Australia make really good children's literature...
I specifically remember a 2 year period from 2006-8 where all the picture books we were read in class got really profound and some got very frightening.
They were all Australian or New Zealand children's literature though: The one I remember most is this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Watertower
This and the sequel freaked me out, and still does to this day. It was about a watertower, and two boys go swimming in it, but when one comes out, he's changed. In the sequel, you see the entire world branded with this 'change' and a disturbing motif runs throughout the illustrations.
I also remember this one picture book about clinical depression called the red tree, and another one 'The Rabbits', about the destruction of Australian Aborigines, that our teacher told us got banned in Australia for a while.
The New Zealand books that I remember were these two I cant remember the names of. One of them was about a girl who went to her grandfather's creepy old house. She had a nightmare about a fog, on the beach. The next day they made clam chowder. The other one was about an astronaut who finds his ship invaded by a pyramid-shaped alien vessel, which got really unsettling towards the end.
Australia make really good children's literature...