“Is the universe over? wall? “My son Anton asked me when he was five years old. Sarah Mongooso and the manga artist Lyana Finnick They found themselves drawn to this type of child-like curiosity, so they gathered thousands of questions from children (including their own) and drew their favorites in beautiful books, Questions with no answers. Here are a few pages and more Q&A with the author…
Joanna: Was it difficult to narrow down the list of book questions? The boys said, “Do I have to pay to the bank to get the money?” and “Why can’t I look at my eyes?!”
Sarah: The specific juxtaposition makes individual questions look goofy or even bittersweet. The child will immediately ask if the clown will turn the pee blue as soon as you die. My favorite of our book is, “Was Mom a baby too? Did I play with her?”
Liana: Here’s the latest on my remaining list on my phone about questions my 3 year old asked. Do you get a lollipop when you leave prison? Who puts a mustache on your face? What color is inside you? Why don’t squirrels talk normally? Do older babies drink apple juice from mom? There are so many more. I’m refraining.
I loved the book introductions on how kids are great observers. Sarah, you wrote: I have seen children understand the meaning of the world not as a simple cherub, but as a machine to measure, remember. What has reached this realization?
Sarah: I liked to clarify why these questions were captivating me – in a nutshell, it means that the kids are hardworking empiricists. When he was 4 years old, my son asked me three questions at once: Did you know me when I was inside your body? Have you been thrilled to meet you? Did I create the world? All three made it into books in turn.
Liana: Sarah’s intro is like a strong blue shadow behind the book questions.
I tore it apart while reading the book, especially with the question “Can I come with you when you die?”
Sarah: Many of the questions drive me deeply. For me, the trustworthy tiajelkar is, “When did they come back and dig you out after they buried you?”
At her grandmother’s funeral, the pastor said, “Now your grandmother is in the cemetery with your grandfather, or wherever they are in the great mystery.” I loved the phrase – no matter how old we are, much of our lives are mystical.
Sarah: The pastor understood that children did not need to be protected from great mysteries. I remember asking my mother where the baby came from, but I remember her answer, you need to have a special kind of egg. For years I wondered what kind of egg I had to eat.
Liana: What I remember today is that rather than making the monsters scare, the character from Sesame Street has transformed into a truly terrifying monster of my imagination.
What other children’s books do you like?
Liana: What I grew up with William Steig, Maurice Sendak, Ruth Krausand Myra Kalmanbecause (1) they blow my mind and (2) they’re so deep for me. Two new discoveries in both universes are: Time is flowers Julie Morstad, and I’m here Oliver Jeffers.
Sarah: I love Sid Hoff’s books Horse in Harry’s Room. Harry tells the class about his imaginary horse during Show and Tell, and the other kids laugh at him. The teacher then says, “It’s the same as thinking about having it sometimes.” For little kids, I love Margaret Wise Brown’s books I like starsthis isn’t as popular as her blockbuster. Good night month and Runaway Bunny. Reading this book is a psychedelic experience, especially if you are sleeping, like most new parents do.
Thank you, Sarah and Liana! Questions with no answers It’s beautiful.
PS 5 children’s books on careful sexually positive parenting and sadness.
(Photo by Alfred Eisenstad in 1963, photographed at a puppet theater in Paris, the moment St. George killed the dragon.)
Source: Cup of Jo – cupofjo.com
