| The Frankenstein of the Apple Crate: A Possibly True Story of the Monster's Origins Printing, 1st H Edition Contributor(s): Viglione, Julia Douthwaite (Author), Neis, Karen (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0998443298 ISBN-13: 9780998443294 Publisher: Julia Douthwaite Viglione OUR PRICE: $28.79 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Europe - Juvenile Fiction | Monsters - Juvenile Fiction | Biographical - Europe |
| Series: Honey Girl Books |
| Physical Information: 0.25" H x 8.5" W x 11" (0.92 lbs) 36 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Frankenstein of the Apple Crate builds on a true archival discovery to imagine how the young Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin found the idea of Frankenstein. Since her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, died shortly after she was born, the heroine grows up in a house haunted by loss. She and her father try to keep the mother's memory alive by talking about her famous exploits and revolutionary ideas, but as time passes Mary's fears overwhelm her. During one terrible night, she finds a wonderful book in her mom's papers and dreams of entering the fantasy. Set in faraway Syracuse, it tells of a kindly inventor named Frank nste n whose music-making robot sweeps people off their feet with melancholy melodies. Years later, that story comes back to mind during a story-telling competition. With the help of a ghost called Mother, Mary retells Frank nste n's story in a gothic vein, making the sweet machine into a murderous thug... and a legend is born. |
Contributor Bio(s): Neis, Karen: - Karen Neis majored in Medieval Studies at the University of Notre Dame with a minor in Studio Art. She is currently a retail associate at Blick Art Materials and an illustrator of children's books. Her portfolio: http: //karenneis.portfoliobox.net/Viglione, Julia Douthwaite: - Julia Douthwaite Viglione, mother of two, was a professor of French at the University of Notre Dame from 1991-2018. Although a prize-winning author and college teacher, she left academia and returned to her hometown West Seattle in 2018, where she now lives with her husband and a dog named Honey Girl. She is the author of several scholarly books, most recently "The Frankenstein of 1790 and other Lost Chapters from Revolutionary France" (Univ. of Chicago Press, 2012). While doing the research for that book, she discovered a political pamphlet that tells a story resembling Mary Shelley's masterpiece in many ways, and which was published 28 years earlier, in 1790. Could Shelley's mother, the famous revolutionary Mary Wollstonecraft, have left it behind? Ms. Douthwaite Viglione wrote this book to show young readers how ideas evolve over time and to share the excitement of original research with a broader audience. She has been teaching children to write stories and make altered books since 2012, in a free semester-long workshop called "Write YOUR Story." Working with children is a labor of love; it provides creative energy and happiness for her ongoing work as an artist and designer of textile art via Honey Girl Books and Gifts: https: //www.honeygirlbooks.com/ |