Author: Marcel Marceau and Bruce Goldstone
Photographer: Steven Rothfeld
Stewart, Tabori and Chang (2001)
Help! Bip, aka the famous mime Marcel Marceau, is stuck in a book. How will he get out?
Here are the things I like about this book:
1. It's totally cool.
2. It's very different from anything else.
3. Toddlers can read it because it has no words and a very simple story.
4. The pictures are uncluttered and beautiful.
5. It's funny and joyous.
Marcel Marceau also has a counting book and an alphabet book. I can't wait to check them out. For those that don't know, Marcel was a famous French mime who died in 2007. He was a Holocaust survivor, but his father died in Auschwitz. He and his brother joined the French resistance and he used mime to keep children quiet as they were being transported to Switzerland. Wow, if that isn't an interesting and courageous start to a career.
Here's a video about his career: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iF9K16lCpE&feature=related
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