Book to Film: Coraline - ALSC Blog
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Tomorrow marks the return of my favorite program we offer at the library: R.W.D., or Read, Watch, Discuss! I’ve written about my book-to-film club previously, but tomorrow kicks off our special summer session. First up: Neil Gaiman’s Coraline! Oh, how I adore this book. I was always a fan of plucky heroines (and heroes!) and books that made me afraid to fall asleep. Coraline is all of those things and more. I read it as an adult first, but I know I would have loved it as a child, fan as I was of Betty Ren Wright and The House With a Clock in Its Walls. Coraline tells a remarkably creepy story – remarkable because it feels like something that really could happen, especially if one lives in a creeky old house with eccentric neighbors and parents who love you but don’t really have any time for you. The writing is wonderfully evocative, the
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The (Unofficial) Art of 'Coraline
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Book to Film: Coraline - ALSC Blog
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Coraline ABC Book Posters
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Abby the Librarian: August 2010
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Coraline ABC Book Posters
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Coraline: A Visual Companion
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Coraline : A Visual Companion
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