Talking Walls: The Stories Continue [Paperback]

Margy Burns Knight (Author), Thomas V. Chan (Author), Anne Sibley O'Brien (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2003

Explore the mysteries of the unfinished Maya murals, started a thousand years ago in Bonampak, Mexico. March along a wall in Northern England, built with fortresses and towers by the Roman Emperor Hadrian. The world is full of interesting walls, from the mighty dikes that keep the oceans and rivers from flooding the Netherlands, to the Wall of Messages in Chile. Beautifully illustrated by Anne Sibley O'Brien, these stories help us explore and understand the diversity of our world and its people. Full color.

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Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-7?Knight takes readers on an inspired journey in this sequel to TalkingWalls (Tilbury, 1992). She uses the simple idea of walls and boundaries to tell stories from diverse cultures and parts of the world. Where and why these walls were built and something about the builders is presented in each double-page spread. The selections are far flung and varied, but are tied to the idea of purpose and the story each wall represents. Starting with a quote from Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, in which an actor pretends to be a wall, readers are taken on a journey that includes the dikes in the Netherlands; prayer-wheel walls in Tibet and India; Hadrian's Wall in England; Chinese poems on the walls at Angel Island, CA; Belfast Peace Lines; and the Anti-Graffiti Network in Philadelphia. Warm watercolors create just the right mood for the text. Some of the stories are sad, some are inspiring, and some mysterious, but each one says something unique about the people who constructed these structures. Notes about each wall featured appear at the end. This book could be used to introduce classification, how things may be alike and also different, and as a springboard to exploring cultural diversity. Links to social studies abound. A great read-aloud and a unique source for hard-to-locate material.?Jane Claes, T. J. Lee Elementary School, Irving, TX
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From AudioFile

A delightful exploration of cultures, these two volumes tell the stories of walls from all over the world. The author delivers the stories in a slow, deliberate manner, giving the listener, young or old, the chance to absorb the wealth of fascinating information offered here. Each story is introduced with sounds or songs native to that particular corner of the earth. The production is given still more color and flavor with the addition of poetry readings by a number of poets at the opening and closing of each book. All of these elements combine to make the single-cassette recording one that can be well-appreciated by children and adults alike. J.J.F. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 40 pages
• Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers; Tch edition (June 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0884481689
• ISBN-13: 978-0884481683
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #959,182 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars a sequel that actually lives up to the first version, December 18, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Talking Walls: The Stories Continue (Paperback)

Most sequels, in any media, do not live up to their predecessors. This is not the case for this beautiful sequel to the wonderfully crafted children's book by Margy Burns Knight. The author has obviously researched exensively over the walls that she presents in both volumes and yet she presents such complex histories in understandable ways for your children, then offering a more technical, academic compendium for students with more interest. A wonderful way to start a social studies unit with an item that every child living everywhere can relate to: walls.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Pictures!, March 21, 2009

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This review is from: Talking Walls: The Stories Continue (Paperback)

I bought this book for my classroom after using the first one in a social studies lesson. The students enjoyed that first one so much that I decided to use this one as well.