tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post5409221407950642162..comments2023-12-13T02:57:32.461-08:00Comments on Book Aunt: There Is Such a Thing as a TesseractKateCoombshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584944601221466789noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post-53222265613639094652012-02-13T05:29:23.960-08:002012-02-13T05:29:23.960-08:00Thanks, Laura and Charlotte! Christina, I'm gl...Thanks, Laura and Charlotte! Christina, I'm glad you like the blog--including the fun stuff in the archives.<br /><br />Megs of the world, take heart!KateCoombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584944601221466789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post-77417291136943652632012-02-12T21:39:58.769-08:002012-02-12T21:39:58.769-08:00What a beautiful post and a gorgeous blog! I am s...What a beautiful post and a gorgeous blog! I am so happy to have stumbled upon it through Amazon of all places! You inspire me to re-read it and to explore your deep list of picture books!Christinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post-19835289612765072202012-02-12T11:57:35.347-08:002012-02-12T11:57:35.347-08:00These are beautiful, Kate. I love the ending espec...These are beautiful, Kate. I love the ending especially of both poems. I, too, always identified with Meg.<br /><br />I adore L'Engle's work (my younger daughter Madeleine was named partly in honor of her). I'm embarrassed that I never wondered myself what happened to the people of Camazotz.laurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post-15401275631444724562012-02-11T12:10:43.190-08:002012-02-11T12:10:43.190-08:00Thanks for the poems!
All of the pictures of Mrs....Thanks for the poems!<br /><br />All of the pictures of Mrs. Whatsit in her angelic centaur form give me the creeps! Especially the one where it has no arms.Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post-18054950629317620172012-02-10T17:04:37.868-08:002012-02-10T17:04:37.868-08:00Linda--Thank you! It's interesting to hear how...Linda--Thank you! It's interesting to hear how different people come to the same beloved story. And I do think that for some 11- or 12-year-olds, walking down the street to school is pretty much as hard as walking down a street to face IT. Sad about the trees...<br /><br />Robyn--How nice that you grew into the book, and I'm so pleased you like the poems and the post. Thanks!<br /><br />Amy--I'm glad you like that bit! As for the book covers, I'm partial to the last one because it's by the Dillons and I really love their work. (I've always wanted to own the Narnia set they illustrated.) As the Queen of A Wrinkle in Time, you should definitely do a post on the covers! I noticed a lot of the illustrators were tempted to draw the flying centaur look of the 3 guardians.<br /><br />Melissa--You're right! I've had that experience as a teacher (perfect book, perfect kid); there's nothing quite like it.<br /><br />Steven--Great story! I think I'm probably still Meg in a lot of ways, too.<br /><br />Brandy--Oh, thank you! And it's partly because of your Twitter comment that I went ahead with the boy with the ball poem. I had a great time bringing some resolution to the people of Camazotz, at least for myself. They seem rather abandoned at the end of AWIT. :)KateCoombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584944601221466789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post-14038102483720891422012-02-10T12:41:57.039-08:002012-02-10T12:41:57.039-08:00I forgot to answer your question about the covers....I forgot to answer your question about the covers. The first edition I read was the original cover, but the color had faded from turquoise to this kind of puke green, and it was all worn and taped up and I thought it was the ugliest thing I'd ever seen. But I loved the book anyway. Then I bought the greenish paperback (second one down) from a school book order in 5th grade, which I also thought was one of the ugliest covers I'd ever seen. I always hid the cover when I read it, even if I was reading it by myself, because <i>I</i> didn't want to look at it! But that's the copy that has been reread over and over, which I at one point laminated with contact paper (clear, oddly enough-- I suppose I could have made my own drawing on white contact paper instead), and which just recently has been post-it-ed and underlined all through for my Year of the Tesseract post notes. I can do that, because at some point somebody bought me that hardcover on the bottom (which is also not beautiful, but isn't quite as ugly as some of the other covers), so I have a replacement if necessary, though I haven't actually READ that copy yet, it just sits pristinely on the shelf. I am definitely going to have to do a post on the covers eventually this year I think.rockinlibrarianhttp://rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post-37211053622977943832012-02-10T12:37:16.300-08:002012-02-10T12:37:16.300-08:00So reading the book was reassuring—here was someon...<i>So reading the book was reassuring—here was someone like me, and she said the wrong things, and she got emotional like me, and yet, she was a hero. Not in a smooth and shiny way, but in a prickly, klutzy way, which I knew very well was the only way I would ever be any kind of hero.</i><br /><br />This is SO UTTERLY PERFECT. You rock.<br /><br />And I love both poems, particularly the ball kid one. As I told you on Twitter, he fascinated my students endlessly. They always imagined he would do great and heroic things.Brandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12105770016693038906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post-833991875039980202012-02-10T11:49:11.984-08:002012-02-10T11:49:11.984-08:00Brilliant post and superb poems, Kate! Thanks for ...Brilliant post and superb poems, Kate! Thanks for sharing!<br /><br />In fifth grade my teachers allowed me and my classmates to spend months adapting A Wrinkle in Time for the stage. I wrote the script, directed the show, and played Charles Wallace. My mother says it's because I *was* a sort of Charles Wallace back then. I guess I still am.<br /><br />Steven Withrow<br />http://cracklesofspeech.blogspot.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post-33394086605893927032012-02-10T09:00:16.659-08:002012-02-10T09:00:16.659-08:00Great poems! I was so happy to hear a story about...Great poems! I was so happy to hear a story about someone who relates to Meg finding the book at just the right time. That makes my librarian heart happy :)melissa @ 1lbrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292714636311546457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post-85693169068704205952012-02-10T08:22:59.993-08:002012-02-10T08:22:59.993-08:00Not in a smooth and shiny way, but in a prickly, k...<i>Not in a smooth and shiny way, but in a prickly, klutzy way, which I knew very well was the only way I would ever be any kind of hero.</i><br /><br />LOVE. That's poetry too.<br /><br />I love that painting of the Mrs Ws halfway up, except that his Mrs Who looks more like my Mrs Whatsit and vice versa, if you put glasses on Mrs Who. I mean, the person he calls Mrs Whatsit. I almost want to photoshop glasses on that picture now so it can better match my head.rockinlibrarianhttp://rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post-54595237604763391752012-02-10T06:20:08.391-08:002012-02-10T06:20:08.391-08:00Wonderful post and poems, Kate! What memories it ...Wonderful post and poems, Kate! What memories it evokes. I remember having to read the book as a young child and complaining (sci fi and fantasy weren't my favorite genres), and then, growing up and older, appreciating it in many new lights. And reliving again as my kids read it in school. The day Madeleine L'Engle died, I was a puddle of tears. Such a lovely force and spirit. I agree with Linda - you've really captured the points of view of kids in your poems here.Robyn Hood Blackhttp://www.robynhoodblack.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post-23309720208161907012012-02-10T05:36:11.951-08:002012-02-10T05:36:11.951-08:00How wonderful that you wrote poems to connect with...How wonderful that you wrote poems to connect with this book. I have read several reviews of the book & wrote one myself a few weeks ago, and most of mine connected with finding the books as an adult & reading them with my daughter, finding such a lovely role model in Meg for her, as you seemed to do as well. I believe early adolescents would connect with your Tesseract poem, almost gearing up to face the challenges at school. And that final part of the poem about the boys, and climbing trees also connects in my experience to many students who are so structured that they have no time to climb. Lovely and disturbing all at once. (I own the second book in the list.) Thanks for the terrific review, & that special story about the publication!Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.com