A writing-intensive seminar course for 11 students. The reading list included:
ON INTERPRETING PICTUREBOOKS
Molly Bang, Picture This: How Pictures Work
Lawrence R. Sipe, “The Art of the Picturebook”
Chris Raschka, “Point of Departure”
David Wiesner, “Point of Departure”
PICTUREBOOKS and BOOKS WITH PICTURES
Guy Billout, Thunderbolt and Rainbow
M. Charlotte Craft and Kinuko Y. Craft, Cupid and Psyche
Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire, D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths
Demi, King Midas
Sara Fanelli, Mythological Monsters
Neil Gaiman et al., Fables & Reflections, “The Song of Orpheus” and “Thermidor”
Nathaniel Hawthorne, A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys with Arthur Rackham illustrations
Joan Holub and Leslie Patricelli, Be Patient, Pandora!
G. Brian Karas, Young Zeus
Erroll Le Cain, illustrations for Cupid and Psyche
Marianna Mayer and Kinuko Y. Craft, Pegasus
Christopher Myers, Wings
Anders Nilsen, Rage of Poseidon
Juliet Rix and Juliet Snape, A-maze-ing Minotaur
Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are
Dugald Steer et al., Mythology (in the Ology series)
Ann Turnbull and Sarah Young, Greek Myths
Rosemary Wells, Max and Ruby in Pandora’s Box
Marcia Williams, Greek Myths
Group Projects on Versions of the Demeter and Persephone Myth
Sally Pomme Clayton and Virginia Lee, Persephone
Laura Geringer and Leonid Gore, The Pomegranate Seeds
Glen Huser, Phillipe Béha, and Giannis Georgantelis, Time for Flowers, Time for Snow
Kris Waldherr, Persephone and the Pomegranate
Individual Projects
James C. Christensen, Alan Dean Foster, and Renwick St. James, Voyage of the Bassett
M. Charlotte Craft and Kinuko Y. Craft, King Midas and the Golden Touch
David and Ruth Ellwand, Midas Mouse
Virginia Hamilton and Barry Moser, In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World, Greek section
Blake A. Hoena and Daniel Perez, Perseus and Medusa
Eric A. Kimmel and Pep Montserrat, The McElderry Book of Greek Myths, Daedalus and Icarus story
Nancy Krulik, Hades: The Truth at Last
Charles Mikolaycak, Orpheus
Rick Riordan and Attila Futaki, The Lightning Thief graphic novel
Jeanne and William Steig, A Gift from Zeus
Ann Turnbull and Sarah Young, Greek Myths, Phaethon story
And relevant ancient works throughout the semester