Showing posts with label Alice in Wonderland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alice in Wonderland. Show all posts

Friday, August 14, 2009

New UnLibrarian Pathfinder: Til Depp do us Part


UnLibrarian Pathfinders:
Great tools for Librarians and Patrons!


What is a pathfinder? Pathfinders can be approached in many ways. The basic idea is to lead a patron in the right direction and give them resources on a single topic. They are generally pretty basic and they expect you (the user) to need no prior knowledge of a topic. In the UnLibrarian's case a pathfinder is meant not only to give you resources but it is meant as entertainment as much as it is an infophile's feast! So dig in and ENJOY!





A Clockwork Pathfinder: Have a thing for a time way back when that never existed? Wanna invent new gadgets like something out of an H.G. Wells book? Hoping to run out into Victorian London in your petticoat and goggles and jump into your steampower vessel in a time that never existed? Wondering what the heck I am talking about?


Visit The Escape Artist a pathfinder into all things steam: http://theunlibrarians-steampunk-pathfinder.blogspot.com/


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Johnny Depp & Tim Burton

Who are two people we can't seem to get enough of? From Edward Scissorhands to Alice in Wonderland this pathfinder is the perfect tool to the set you off in the right direction into the truly magical and bizarre world of Tim Burton & his films in collaboration with Johnny Depp.

Til Depp do us Part http://deppandburton-unlibrarian-pathfinder.blogspot.com/



More surely to come, so keep checking back on the UnLibrarian Blog!


Monday, May 4, 2009

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, By Lewis Carroll


By: Lewis Carroll, & 
Illustrated ByJohn Tenniel 
Publisher: Random House UK
Publishing Date: 2007 

Series Titles & Original Publishing Dates: 
1865 (Adventures in Wonderland) 
1872 (Through the Looking Glass)
ISBN: 0099512076

Page #: 336

Classification: Fiction

Genre: Fantasy

Age Level: Children, Teens

 

Subjects: Alternative Realities, Fantasy, Adventure 


Reader's Annotation: Alice's boredom takes her to following a white rabbit that leads her down a hole into a world of her wildest dreams.


Synopsis: After following a white rabbit down a hole Alice travels through an alternative reality of strange places. From the Mad Hatter's tea party to the Queen of Hearts garden Alice is subjected to strange situation after bizarre situations. She drinks potions and pops pills and grows large and grows small. Carroll's vivid story telling mixed with classic illustrations, the adventures of Alice remain to this day not only a literature great, but a cult classic. 



Notes: Many film and animated version of Alice exist. Most recently Tim Burton is shooting a new adaptation die out in 2010 starring Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1014759/



Stars: 5


Extras: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice's_Adventures_in_Wonderland


Free Content from Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11


Watch the 1933 Disney classic free here: http://www.squidoo.com/watch-alice-in-wonderland-free-online


Saturday, April 18, 2009

Godchild, Vol.1 By Kaori Yuki

By: Kaori Yuki
Publisher: Viz Media
Publish Date: March 2006
ISBN: 
9781421515366
Page #:
208
Classification:
Fiction
Genre:
Manga
Age Level:
Older Teen
Series Titles:
The Cain Saga, Godchild
Subjects: 19th Century London, Fairy Tales, Mystery, Gothic 

Reader's Annotation: Meet Cain, the sexy head of the Heargreaves, his 10 year old sister Marie Weather, and his faitful man servant Riff. Get ready for a dark "wonderland" murder, mystery, and 19th Century London.

Synopsis: Godchild is a stylish, dark addition its manga forerunner the Cain Saga. In the center of the series is Cain, the sexy girl swoon provoking head of Heargreaves noble family and takes cares of his ten year old half sister Marie Weather.  With his Man Servant Riff (whom he seems closer to then any of the swooning girls, he finds himself always in the wrong place at the wrong time. At the center of horrendous crimes, he sets out to solve them. And in the first volume all the stories (of which their are multiple) revolve around famous fairy tales. But it doesn't end their, Cain has a dark secret. Godchild is a beauty to read and will appeal to to those who romanticize fairy tales and even more so when they are soaked in blood and mystery. And what's more is the ink all takes place in 19th Century London affording the characters a gothic appeal that even has me swooning.

 
Stars: 4

Extras: 


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