Ten, Nine, Eight - Molly Bang 1983<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nMolly Bang\u2019s many retellings of folktales have earned her a devoted readership and acclaim for her attention to detail and authenticity. Wiley and the Hairy Man<\/em> (1976), a folktale from the southern United States, is the exciting story of a young boy and his mother who together outwit the frightening Hairy Man. Like The Goblins Giggle,<\/em> it is illustrated entirely in black and gray paint, and Bang skillfully uses white space as an\u00adother element in the page design. The Paper Crane<\/em> (1988) was awarded the Boston Globe- Horn Book Award for illustration. The Japanese tale of a beggar who rewards a man for his gen\u00aderosity and gives him a magic paper crane is il\u00adlustrated with remarkable cut-paper collage. The three-dimensional artwork suits die text in which an origami crane turns into a live dancing bird. Bang achieved the same transformation in her art \u2014a folded paper bird becomes a rounded, delicate crane in a series of cut and folded paper images. When Sophie Gets Angry\u2014 Really, Really Angry<\/em> (1999), executed in a vivid, bright palette, explores the rage of a young girl. It garnered for Bang another Caldecott Honor Book.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMolly Bang\u2019s illustration style always matches the particular story and the sound of the text. Her illustrations for Sylvia Cassedy\u2019s collection of Japanese haiku, Red Dragonfly on My Shoulder <\/em>(1992), are created from collages that include ob\u00adjects such as a carrot, a bolt, and grains of rice. Bang\u2019s tutorial in design and visual composi\u00adtion, Picture This: Perception and Composition <\/em>(1992), leads the reader through exercises to un\u00adderstand the art of illustration and how mean\u00ading is created through images.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAlthough she began as an artist, Molly Bang has re\u00adtold many of her own stories and' exhibits an awareness of the sounds of language, so her sto\u00adries read aloud particularly well. Molly Bang has made a place for herself through her willingness to ex\u00adperiment with illustration, her understanding of the power of traditional stories, and her skills as an artist and storyteller. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
M.V.K.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Source: Children's Books and their Creators, Anita Silvey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Molly Bang Bibliography<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n
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As writer or editor and illustrator<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n- The Goblins Giggle<\/em>, And Other Stories (1973)<\/li>
- Men From The Village Deep In The Mountains and Other Japanese Folk Tales<\/em> (1973)<\/li>
- Wiley And The Hairy Man: Adapted From An American Folktale<\/em> (1976)<\/li>
- The Buried Moon And Other Stories<\/em> (1977)<\/li>
- The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher<\/em> (1980)<\/li>
- Tye May And The Magic Brush<\/em> (1981)<\/li>
- Yellow Ball<\/em> (1991)<\/li>
- Ten, Nine, Eight<\/em> (1983), a counting book<\/li>
- Dawn<\/em> (1983)<\/li>
- The Paper Crane<\/em> (1985)<\/li>
- Delphine<\/em> (1988)<\/li>
- Picture This: Perception & Composition<\/em>, foreword By Rudolf Arnheim (1991); revised as Picture This: How Pictures Work<\/em> (2000)<\/li>
- One Fall Day<\/em> (1994)<\/li>
- Chattanooga Sludge<\/em> (1996)<\/li>
- Goose<\/em> (1996)<\/li>
- Common Ground: The Water, Earth, And Air We Share<\/em> (1997)<\/li>
- When Sophie Gets Angry\u2014Really, Really Angry ...<\/em> (1999)<\/li>
- Nobody Particular: One Woman's Fight To Save The Bays<\/em> (2000)<\/li>
- Tiger's Fall<\/em> (2001)<\/li>
- My Light<\/em> (2004)<\/li>
- In My Heart<\/em> (2005)<\/li>
- Living Sunlight: How Plants Bring The Earth To Life<\/em> (2009), by Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm<\/li>
- All of Me! A Book of Thanks<\/em> (2009)<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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As illustrator only<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n- The Old Woman And The Red Pumpkin; a Bengali Folk Tale<\/em>, translated and adapted by Betsy Bang (1975)<\/li>
- The Old Woman And The Rice Thief<\/em>, adapted from a Bengali folktale by Betsy Bang (1978)<\/li>
- Tuntuni, The Tailor Bird<\/em>, adapted from a Bengali Folktale by Betsy Bang (1978)<\/li>
- The Demons Of Rajpur: Five Tales From Bengal<\/em>, translated and adapted by Betsy Bang (1980)<\/li>
- David's Landing<\/em>, by Judith Ben\u00e9t Richardson (1984)<\/li>
- Red Dragonfly On My Shoulder: Haiku<\/em>, translated by Sylvia Cassedy and Kunihiro Suetake (1992)<\/li>
- From Sea To Shining Sea: A Treasury Of American Folklore and Folk Songs<\/em>, compiled by Amy L. Cohn; illustrated by eleven Caldecott Medal and four Caldecott Honor Book artists (1993)<\/li>
- Harley<\/em>, by Star Livingstone (2001)<\/li>
- Little Rat Sets Sail<\/em>, by Monika Bang-Campbell (Harcourt, 2002) \u2013 first of three \"easy-reader collaborations\" by mother and daughter<\/li>
- Little Rat Rides<\/em>, by Monika Bang-Campbell 2004)<\/li>
- Little Rat Makes Music<\/em>, by Monika Bang-Campbell (2004)<\/li>
- Old Mother Bear<\/em>, by Victoria Miles (2007)<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","post_title":"Molly Bang Biography","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"molly-garrett-bang-biography","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-17 14:58:55","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-17 21:58:55","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.nocloo.com\/?p=73215","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":4},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
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