Life, animated : a story of sidekicks, heroes, and autism / Ron Suskind
By: Suskind, Ron.
Publisher: New York, NY : Kingswell, 2014Edition: First edition.Description: 358 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781423180364.Subject(s): Suskind, Owen | Suskind, Ron | Disney, Walt, 1901-1966 | AUTISM | PARENTING | FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS | COMMUNICATION | BIOGRAPHY | AUTOBIOGRAPHYGenre/Form: Biographies | Biography. | Biographies.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | IHC Library | Main Collection | 810 SUS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | W004995 |
Growing backward -- Bumping into walls -- In character -- Musical chairs -- The protekter of sidekicks -- A journey song -- Magic formulas -- Luck from unluck -- Blessings, undisguised -- The movie gods -- To do it on his own -- The animated life -- Sidekicks.
"Imagine being trapped inside a Disney movie and having to learn about life mostly from animated characters dancing across a screen of color. A fantasy? A nightmare? This is the real-life story of Owen Suskind, the son of the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind and his wife, Cornelia. An autistic boy who couldn't speak for years, Owen memorized dozens of Disney movies, turned them into a language to express love and loss, kinship, brotherhood. The family was forced to become animated characters, communicating with him in Disney dialogue and song; until they all emerge, together, revealing how, in darkness, we all literally need stories to survive"-- Provided by publisher.
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Beautiful book, such a lovely perspective and a different look at the social emotional world.