I am looking forward to seeing how my students enjoy the novels based on this series. I am sure that gives young viewers satisfaction, but it left me wanting a bit more. But the chase scenes dominated the storytelling, as so often happens in animated movies. The animation was wonderful, and the humor invested in each of the characters gave them depth and staying power. My children and I enjoyed the movie The Rise of the Guardians.
But it is the heart and message that brings children back to these again and again. Again, Joyce's illustrations heighten the dramatic battles and the magical feel to the stories. Children have responded to his mighty battle with Pitch and to his promise to keep us safe.
This adorable little fellow sends us all to sleep, protecting us from nightmares and fear. The story of the Man in the Moon is continued with Joyce's newest picture book: The Sandman. The Guardians of Childhood Book Trailer from Moonbot Studios on Vimeo. I share this story each year with 2nd graders as they study a "good guy vs. The book trailer below does a nice job of introducing the picture book in a dramatic way. This story resonated with the children on a deeper level - a sense that the moon is always there as their nightlight, reassuring them when nightmares might visit. There was a sense of awe and quiet as we ended the story with the Man in the Moon vowing to protect the children of Earth. But what really struck my students was the message behind the story. Joyce combines elemental fairyland themes-a cloistered heir, secret powers, mysterious good deeds-into a tale that's warm and fuzzy, swashbuckling, and dazzlingly inventive all at the same time.William Joyce captures young readers' attention with bold, dramatic illustrations, alternating between saturated colors and stark grey tones.
Learning of the hopes and dreams of Earth's children, he gathers a team of fellow guardians to protect and console them.
The infant Man in the Moon (named for the Moon Clipper, an extraterrestrial airship that disguises itself as a moon at night) is hidden away by his parents in order to escape the nefarious Pitch, "the King of Nightmares," renowned for "plundering planets, extinguishing stars, and scuttling every airship that crossed his path." Without his parents, but amply provided for, the acronymically nicknamed MiM grows up, round-faced and nattily dressed, orbiting Earth in the derelict clipper ("It was now just a moon"). His sumptuous spreads are crowded with rotund telescopes, Jules Verne rocket ships, and sherbet-bearing robots, all painted in a superb palette of indigo and gold. * "Joyce's (A Day with Wilbur Robinson) concoction, the inaugural offering in the Guardians of Childhood series (with films and 12 books to follow), is a rich, cinematic brew of steampunk fancies.
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