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Ed Young TeachingBooks Movie Transcript Ed Young, interviewed in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York on February 7, 2005. This is a transcript of the movie available on TeachingBooks.net. It is offered here to give you a quick assessment of the program topics, as well as to enable people with auditory disabilities access to the words. Because this is a transcript of an edited movie, it should not be used as an assessment of Mr. Young’s writing. Many of the sentences found here were edited, and all editing decisions are the sole responsibility of TeachingBooks.net.
My job to be in this country has been to learn as much about the West as I could and introduce the East as much as I could. So, my books are both a study of cultures and of hearts from both sides — introducing one to the other.
On Beyond the Great Mountains Beyond the Great Mountains is a book to introduce not only the way the Chinese experience nature, but how the Chinese express nature by visual means. The original design of the book was a scroll. And we all know that scrolls cannot be books. So, the closest thing to it is really an accordion format where the scroll is folded back and forth until it becomes sort of like a book. When I created the picture of the mountain, I wanted the texture of the mountain to be rocklike, so I used bark paper. The clouds are made out of rice paper. The book is actually meant to introduce Chinese characters by showing pictures that we recognize. The first one you see is the whole mountain, and it is being echoed by the Chinese symbol, “mountain.” The character that I use in the book is a red character that is maybe designed 2,500 years ago in China. That character is recognizable in the book as a modern painting. And then as you turn the page, “Far to the east a vast fertile plain,” is where you introduce the East. You have the tree, and behind it is the sun rising — East.
Beyond the Great Mountains is a bridge so that you can actually appreciate Chinese characters by way of the modern art in the West.
On Folk Tales Folk tales are a living art. The stories that I do in my books are my favorite stories. Seven Blind Mice is a book that has been attractive to me ever since I heard the story of the six blind men feeling the elephant, meaning that nobody really could know the whole truth.
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I usually do a book like this [a dummy] for every book that I make. It’s much easier for me to put it together, instead of making a big book, so the editor and art director can see what I have in mind.
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes is about a girl who is influenced by the atom bomb in Hiroshima; her story has been the symbol of peace since that time. Lon Po Po is a story that I heard when I was small, but not until I came to this country and became a children’s book author did it occur to me that it was a Red Riding Hood story. When you tell a story, if you have to have evil forces, you want to find the symbol for it. The wolf is used for the evil force. And after the story is told, you have to go back to them and say, “Well, you know, thank you for taking this part,” and then life goes on.
On Peace I think that real peace comes from oneself. You can put it out there. You can wear it on your shirt. You can put it on your license plate. You can stick anything on the car. But it’s still not your own peace. The only peace that you can have is yourself.
Books by Ed Young • MY MEI MEI, Philomel Books / a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 2006 • ON TOP OF THE WORLD: A SONG FOR TENZING NORGAY (written by Robert Burleigh), Atheneum Books for Young Readers / a division of Simon & Schuster, 2006 • BEYOND THE GREAT MOUNTAINS: A VISUAL POEM ABOUT CHINA, Chronicle Books, 2005 • SHANGHAI MESSENGER (written by Andrea Cheng), Lee & Low Books, 2005 • I, DOKO: THE TALE OF A BASKET, Philomel Books / a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 2004 • SONS OF THE DRAGON KING, THE: A CHINESE LEGEND, Atheneum Books for Young Readers / a division of Simon & Schuster, 2004 • TAI CHI MORNING: SNAPSHOTS OF CHINA (written by Nikki Grimes), Cricket Books, 2004 • WHAT ABOUT ME?, Philomel Books / a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 2002 • MONKEY KING, HarperCollins, 2001 • DESERT SONG (written by Tony Johnston), Sierra Club Books for Children, 2000 • HUNTER, THE: A CHINESE FOLKTALE (written by Mary Casanova), Atheneum Books for Young Readers / a division of Simon & Schuster, 2000 • PUP JUST FOR ME, A / A BOY JUST FOR ME (written by Dorothea P. Seeber), Philomel Books / a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 2000 • WHITE FANG (written by Jack London), Atheneum Books for Young Readers / a division of Simon & Schuster, 2000 • LOST HORSE, THE: A CHINESE FOLKTALE, Harcourt, Inc., 1998 • GENESIS, HarperCollins, 1997 • MOUSE MATCH: A CHINESE FOLKTALE, Harcourt, Inc., 1997 • VOICES OF THE HEART, Scholastic Press, 1997 • OCTOBER SMILED BACK (written by Lisa Westberg Peters), Henry Holt and Company, 1996 • CAT AND RAT: THE LEGEND OF THE CHINESE ZODIAC, Henry Holt and Company, 1995 • DONKEY TROUBLE, Atheneum Books for Young Readers / a division of Simon & Schuster, 1995
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FIRST SONG EVER SUNG, THE (written by Laura Krauss Melmed), Puffin Books / a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 1995 NIGHT VISITORS, Philomel Books / a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 1995 PINOCCHIO (written by Carlo Collodi), Philomel Books / a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 1995 TURKEY GIRL: A ZUNI CINDERELLA STORY, THE (written by Penny Pollock), Little, Brown and Company, 1995 BITTER BANANAS (written by Isaac Olaleye), Boyds Mills Press, 1994 IBLIS (written by Shulamith Levey Oppenheim), Harcourt, Inc. 1994 LITTLE PLUM, Philomel Books / a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 1994 BICYCLE RIDER (written by Mary Scioscia), Harper & Row, 1993 MOON MOTHER: A NATIVE AMERICAN CREATION TALE, HarperCollins, 1993 READER’S COMPANION TO THE 20TH CENTURY CHILDREN’S LITERATURE, THE, Houghton Mifflin, 1993 RED THREAD, Philomel Books / a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 1993 SADAKO (written by Eleanor Coerr), G. P. Putnam’s Sons / a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 1993 DREAMCATCHER (written by Audrey Osofsky), Orchard Books, 1992 GOODBYE GEESE (written by Nancy White Carlstrom), Scholastic, 1992 RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER, THE (written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge), Atheneum Books for Young Readers / a division of Simon & Schuster, 1992 SEVEN BLIND MICE, Philomel Books / a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 1992 WHAT COMES IN SPRING? (written by Barbara Savadge Horton), Alfred A. Knopf, 1992 WHILE I SLEEP (written by Mary Calhoun), Morrow Junior Books, 1992 ALL OF YOU WAS SINGING (written by Richard Lewis), Atheneum Books for Young Readers / a division of Simon & Schuster, 1991 FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA, Scholastic Press, 1991 EBLIS (written by Shulamith Oppenheim), Harcourt, Inc., 1990 MICE ARE NICE (written by Nancy Larrick), Philomel Books / a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 1990 CHINESE MOTHER GOOSE RHYMES (written by Robert Wyndham), Philomel Books / a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 1989 HAPPY PRINCE, THE (written by Oscar Wilde), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1989 HIGH IN THE MOUNTAINS (written by Ruth Yaffe Radin), Macmillan, 1989 LON PO PO: A RED-RIDING HOOD STORY FROM CHINA, Philomel Books / a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 1989 VOICE OF THE GREAT BELL, THE (written by Margaret Hodges), Little, Brown and Company, 1989 BIRCHES (written by Robert Frost), Henry Holt and Company, 1988 CATS ARE CATS: POEMS (written by Nancy Larreck), Philomel Books / a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 1988 CHINA’S LONG MARCH: 6,000 MILES OF DANGER (written by Jean Fritz), G. P. Putnam’s Sons / a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 1988 HAIKU AROUND THE WORLD (written by Bill Higginson), Simon & Schuster, 1988 IN THE NIGHT, STILL DARK (written by Richard Lewis), Atheneum Books for Young Readers / a division of Simon & Schuster, 1988 EYES OF THE DRAGON (written by Margaret Leaf), Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1987 I WISH I WERE A BUTTERFLY (written by James Howe), Harcourt, Inc., 1987
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WHALE SONG (written by Tony Johnston), G. P. Putnam’s Sons / a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 1987 WHO-PADDLED-BACKWARD-WITH-TROUT (written by Howard A. Norman), Little, Brown and Company, 1987 FOOLISH RABBIT’S BIG MISTAKE (written by Rafe Martin), G. P. Putnam’s Sons / a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 1985 MOON TIGER (written by Phyllis Root), Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1985 KING’S CHESSBOARD, THE, Dutton, 1984 OTHER BONE, THE, Harper & Row, 1984 DOUBLE LIFE OF POCAHONTAS, THE (written by Jean Fritz), G. P. Putnam’s Sons / a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 1983 UP A TREE, Harper & Row, 1983 YEH-SHEN: A CINDERELLA STORY FROM CHINA (written by Ai-Ling Louie), Philomel Books / a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 1982 BO RABBIT SMART FOR TRUE: FOLKTALES FROM THE GULLAH (written by Priscilla Jaquith), Philomel Books / a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 1981 HIGH ON A HILL: A BOOK OF CHINESE RIDDLES, Collins, 1979 LION AND THE MOUSE, THE: AN AESOP FABLE (written by Aesop), Doubleday, 1979 WHITE WAVE: A CHINESE TALE (written by Diane Wolkstein), Crowell, 1979 TALES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS (written by N. J. Dawood), Doubleday, 1978 TERRIBLE NUNG GWAMA, THE: A CHINESE FOLKTALE, Collins, 1978 CRICKET BOY: A CHINESE TALE (written by Feenie Ziner), Doubleday, 1977 RED LION: A TALE OF ANCIENT PERSIA, THE (written by Diane Wolkstein), Crowell, 1977 YOUNG FU OF THE UPPER YANGTZE (written by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis), Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1973 8,000 STONES: A CHINESE FOLKTALE (written by Diane Wolkstein), Doubleday, 1972 GIRL WHO LOVED THE WIND, THE (written by Jane Yolen), Crowell, 1972 BIRD FROM THE SEA, THE (written by Renaee Karol Weiss), Crowell, 1970 SEVENTH MANDARIN, THE (written by Jane Yolen), Macmillan, 1970 GOLDEN SWANS, THE: A PICTURE STORY FROM THAILAND (written by Kermit Krueger), Crowell, 1969 TINIEST SOUND, THE (written by Melvin Evans), Doubleday, 1969 EMPEROR AND THE KITE, THE (written by Jane Yolen), Philomel Books / a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 1967 YELLOW BOAT, THE (written by Margaret Hillert), Follett, 1966 MEAN MOUSE AND OTHER MEAN STORIES, THE (written by Janice May Udry), Harper, 1962
Note: Bibliography created in 2005.
Many thanks to the folks at Chronicle Books, especially Chris Boral, Victoria Rock, Jo Beaton, Sara Gillingham and Cathleen Schmidt. Thanks also to Lucy Del Priore at Penguin Young Readers Group. Thanks, as well, to Gretta Miller, Aarick Beher, Rich Matheson, MJ Baumann and all at Clotho Advanced Media, Inc for their invaluable, professional help with this production.
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Of course, this entire author program occurred because of the kindness and generosity of Ed Young and his family, who shared their home, time and energy with me in order to make this production. This program is a production of TeachingBooks.net LLC and may only be used in accordance with the Subscriber Agreement found on the TeachingBooks website. (www.TeachingBooks.net)
TeachingBooks.net obtained the following permissions: From BEYOND THE GREAT MOUNTAINS: A VISUAL POEM ABOUT CHINA by Ed Young. Copyright ©2005 Ed Young. Published by Chronicle Books. All rights reserved. The text, bookcover image, internal images and reading used by permission. No material shall be published, retransmitted, broadcast, modified or adapted (re-written), manipulated, reproduced or otherwise distributed and/or exploited in any way without the prior written authorization of Chronicle Books. From LON PO PO: A RED-RIDING HOOD STORY FROM CHINA by Ed Young. Copyright ©1989 Ed Young. Published by Philomel Books / a division of Penguin Young Readers Group. All rights reserved. The text, book-cover image and internal image used by permission. No material shall be published, re-transmitted, broadcast, modified or adapted (re-written), manipulated, reproduced or otherwise distributed and/or exploited in any way without the prior written authorization of Penguin Young Readers Group. From SADAKO AND THE THOUSAND PAPER CRANES written by Eleanor Coerr, illustrated by Ed Young. Text copyright ©1993 Eleanor Coerr; illustrations copyright ©1993 Ed Young. Published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons / a division of Penguin Young Readers Group. All rights reserved. Cover image used by permission. From SEVEN BLIND MICE by Ed Young. Copyright ©1992 Ed Young. Published by Philomel Books / a division of Penguin Young Readers Group. All rights reserved. Cover image used by permission.
This Movie Transcript is created for educational purposes and may be copied and distributed solely for these purposes for no charge as long as the copyright information remains on all copies. Questions regarding this production should be directed to: [email protected] Copyright ©2005 TeachingBooks.net LLC. All rights reserved.
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