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    Monsieur Marceau: Actor Without Words

    By Leda Schubert and Gérard DuBois

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    Marcel Marceau, the world's most famous mime, enthralled audiences around the world for more than fifty years. When he waved his hand or lifted his eyebrow he was able to speak volumes without ever saying a word. But few know the story of the man behind those gestures . . .

    Distinguished author Leda Schubert and award-winning artist Gerard DuBois bring their own artistry to this gorgeously written and illustrated picture book biography.

    Monsieur Marceau is a Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book of 2012

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateSep 4, 2012
    ISBN9781466818156
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    Monsieur Marceau: Actor Without Words
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    Leda Schubert

    LEDA SCHUBERT was the school library consultant for the Vermont Department of Education, and she has an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College. She is the author of Monsieur Marceau, Feeding the Sheep, Ballet of the Elephants, and other books.

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    • 3/5
      Fun pictures, and a good summary of Marceau's life. He was part of the French Resistance, which surprised me, and his father died in a concentration camp. He changed his last name so it wouldn't give him away as a Jew during the Holocaust.

      "My name is Mangel. I am Jewish. Perhaps that, unconsciously, contributed towards my choice of silence."
    • 3/5
      I can see this being presented in a young dramatic arts class followed by everyone doing the suggested miming activities in the back of the book. A solid, simple introduction for children to a famous artist although references to Nazis, concentation camps and Jews during WW2 will require some backstory.
    • 4/5
      I love this book! it is such a fun and unique story. I think this would be a great addition to a history lesson. I like the illustrations and the author's prose.
    • 4/5
      A picture book with gorgeous paintings that tells the life story of Marcel Marceau, someone that I have never given much thought too before. It is amazing how popular and famous he really was. His life was also much more difficult that I thought it would be. I never realized he worked for the French Underground in World War II. There is an author's note at the back of the book that tell's Marceau's story with less rhyming. There are also great ideas for how kids can practice being a mime.
    • 4/5
      This book is the enchanting tale of how man because a mime and the characters and actions he portrays. It is wonderfully illustrated and light-hearted. I would use this book for first or second graders.
    • 4/5
      This is a great book that uses the illustrations and flowing and moving text to tell a story about a famous person.
    • 5/5
      Wonderful book telling the biography of Monsieur Marceau, the mime. Great pictures to go along with the text. French vocabulary mixed throughout. Students will get to know a different side of him.
    • 4/5
      Author Leda Schubert and illustrator Gerard DuBois present the life story of celebrated mime Marcel Marceau in this informative and engaging picture-book biography, managing to capture some of the pathos of his early life, as well as the magic of his craft through the simple but expressive text and evocative artwork. Born in 1923 as Marcel Mangel, Marceau was a young man when the Nazis occupied France, joining the resistance and becoming involved in many daring activities, from leading groups of Jewish schoolchildren across the border to safety in Switzerland to hiding American parachutists who had landed behind enemy lines. His father, who like many of France's Jews did not survive the war, was killed in a concentration camp. After the war, Mangel took the name Marceau and began to study the art of mime, creating the now famous character of Bip, a tragic-comic character with sad eyes and a penchant for amusing adventures. This character, and Marceau's work as a performer, would eventually become world-famous, entertaining thousands of audiences during the course of his long career.As someone who knew very little of mime in general or Marcel Marceau in particular - I had been familiar with the name, of course, and recognized the face of "Bip," when I saw him, but that was the extent of my familiarity with the subject - I went in to Monsieur Marceau with no set expectations. I came away immensely impressed, both with the subject of the book, and with its creators. I was particularly struck by the connections Marceau himself drew between his choice of profession, which involved silent communication, and his identity as a Jew, and the son of a victim of the Nazi Final Solution: "The people who came back from the camps were never able to talk about it," Marceau once said, "My name is Mangel. I am Jewish. Perhaps that, unconsciously, contributed towards my choice of silence." Obviously, there is so much more to Marceau than Bip, his "public face," and this excellent book communicates that wonderfully. I appreciated the fact that Schubert was able to communicate so much, factually and emotionally, without drowning her narrative with information. The artwork by Gerard DuBois brilliantly captures the emotion in Schubert's text, skillfully depicting the mixture of sadness and joy that seems to have characterized Marceau's life and art.All in all, this is a wonderful biography for younger readers, one that manages to be both informative and moving - an afterword gives more details about Marceau - and a beautiful book, artistically speaking. Recommended to children who enjoy biography, or who are interested in mime, theater, and/or Marcel Marceau.
    • 4/5
      An excellent introduction to the world's most famous mime. Compare this title to the recently published Marcel Marceau: Master of Mime by Gloria Spielman (Kar-Ben, 2011).
    • 4/5
      Beautiful biography of a man not too many children know about these days. But boy, do they love to say his name and do they ever want to learn how to mime. Great introduction to one of the greatest artists the world has known.
    • 5/5
      Winner of the 2013 National Council of Teachers of English Orbitz Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children. Shubert offers a lovely biography of Marcel Marceau that includes captivating details about his life, including how he helped to save Jewish children from the Nazi invasion of France. Gerad Debouis's illustrations are wonderful impressionistic images that capture warmth and intrigue.Possible Teaching Connection: introductions
    • 5/5
      This year was the year for fantastic picture book biographies and Monsieur Marceau was one of my favorites. Leda Schubert tells, in simple words, and Gerard Dubois depicts, in quiet pictures, the story of a man with no words. It's all the details of the story---how Marceau loved to talk when he was not performing, the story of Marceau leading Jewish children to safety during the war---that the book draws its strength.