Synopses & Reviews
Everyone's a New Yorker on Thanksgiving Day, when young and old rise early to see what giant new balloons will fill the skies for Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Who first invented these "upside-down puppets?" Tony Sarg -- puppeteer, illustrator and legendary prankster who once declared, "I never worked a day in my life." In brilliant collage illustrations, award-winning artist Melissa Sweet tells the story of this puppeteer, capturing his genius, his dedication, his zest for play, and his long-lasting gift to America -- the inspired helium balloons that would become the trademark of Macy's Parade.
Synopsis
Artist Alexander Sandy Calder was always fiddling with odds and ends, which led him to create wire sculptures. One day Sandy made a lion, then a lion's cage. Before he knew it he had an entire circus and was traveling between Paris and New York performing a brand-new kind of art. Full color.
Synopsis
As a boy, Alexander ?Sandy? Calder was always fiddling with odds and ends, making objects for friends. When he got older and became an artist, his fiddling led him to create wire sculptures. One day, Sandy made a lion. Next came a lion cage. Before he knew it, he had an entire circus and was traveling between Paris and New York performing a brand-new kind of art for amazed audiences.
This is the story of Sandy?s Circus, as told by Tanya Lee Stone with Boris Kulikov?s spectacular and innovative illustrations. Calder?s original circus is on permanent display at the Whitney Museum in New York City.
About the Author
Everyone's a New Yorker on Thanksgiving Day, when young and old rise early to see what giant new balloons will fill the skies for Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.and#160; Who first invented these "upside-down puppets?"and#160; Tony Sarg -- puppeteer, illustrator and legendary prankster who once declared, "I never worked a day in my life."and#160; In brilliant collage illustrations, award-winning artist Melissa Sweet tells the story of this puppeteer, capturing his genius, his dedication, his zest for play, and his long-lasting gift to America -- the inspired helium balloons that would become the trademark of Macy's Parade.Like Tony Sarg, Melissa Sweet loved to figure out how to make things move as a child.and#160; (At age 6 she even took apart her marionettes to figure out how they worked.)and#160; Today she still plays with simple materials and constructions in her brilliant mixed-media collage illustrations, for which she has won a Caldecott Honor and two NYTimes Best Illustrated citations.and#160; She has also created many popular paper and baby gifts produced by eeBoo and recognizably Sweet.and#160; She and her husband and dogs live in the charming seaport town of Rockport, Maine.and#160;