Ever wonder where those awesome Macy's Day Parade flying animals and characters came from? In this informative, yet entertaining picture book, the reader learns about Tony Sarg and his love up puppets. Beginning in his childhood, Sarg loved the movement and art of puppeteering. This passion led to his employment with Macy's to create creative, moving displays. Macy's loved them so much that they then commissioned him to create giant puppets for an annual parade. After moments of failure, Sarg adapts and changes his designs to eventually create the huge, floating faces that are so familiar today.
Sweet, M. (2011).
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- Another example of a great informational book turned children’s book, this texts grabs the reader’s attention from the beginning. All of the images and colors are very whimsical and fun, reinforcing the fun that Tony Sarg says he always had while “working.” Throughout the book, Sweet incorporates the lighthearted, drawn images depicting the biography of Sarg and the parade, as well as images directly from his Marionette book, and mix-media collages that Sweet says “...illustrate what it may have felt like to be Sarg’s world.” This clever use of random materials, colors, shapes, and textures helps reinforce the process that Sarg went through as he rose from a childhood fascination with the way things work, to creating the first inflatable parade “puppets,” which all helps “communicate the subject matter clearly and effectively.”
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