The Wall, (Hardcover)

from Jmmott

This might be my favorite book that I read all semester. Using a graphic novel narrative form in an oversized picture book allowed for both the words and the illustrations to have many details and levels of meaning. Sis writes about the difficult life of being outside of the standards of the perf...

from Jill.Haner

This book was fabulous. It was a perfect way to teach kids about the former Soviet Union and really about being oppressed. How to recognize oppression. The drawings were perfect. They weren't realistic, which was good because these were his memories. The black and white with the threatening red w...

from dpiacun

This is a story about a boy growing up in-love with art, but trapped behind a wall of control. The art of the book is done as in the style of a child drawing pictures about what he's talking about. The story almost breaks your heart, and as a person with a background in history, helps me see the ...

from KatieSpears

The Wall:Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain written by Peter Sis is a work of fiction and a picture book. The book is about Peter Sis's life as he was born at the beginning of the Cold War and how he survived its restrictions. This book centers around Sis's love of drawing and self expression. It...

from bell7

Using simple pictures with little color to great effect, Peter Sis tells his story of growing up in Czechoslovakia when the country was behind the Iron Curtain. Ostensibly for children, the book doesn't hold back from exploring the complexities of living under a Communist regime. The author shows...