Du Iz Tak? Explained

Author:Carson Ellis
Publisher:Candlewick Press
Pub Date:October 18, 2016
Pages:unpaged
Awards:Caldecott Honor
Isbn:978-0-7636-6530-2

Du Iz Tak is a 2016 picture book by Carson Ellis. The story, told in an invented insect language, is about some bugs who discover a plant shoot emerging from the ground. The book was a recipient of a 2017 Caldecott Honor for its illustrations.[1]

In Other Media

In 2018, a short animated film version was released by Weston Woods Studios, a division of Scholastic, adapted, directed, and animated by Galen Fott. It has screened in many film festivals around the world. The audio-book won the 2019 Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook production from the American Library Association[2] The audiobook was written by Carson Ellis and narrated by Eli and Sebastian D’Amico, Burton, Galen and Laura Fott, Sarah Hart, Bella Higginbotham, Evelyn Hipp and Brian Hull.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Welcome to the Caldecott Medal Home Page!. Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). en. https://web.archive.org/web/20190401200911/http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal. 2019-04-01. 2019-04-24.
  2. Web site: Du Iz Tak Awards & Grants . 2022-03-01 . www.ala.org. .
  3. Web site: Du Iz Tak?. Taiwan International Children's Film Festival. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200419130217/http://www.ticff.org.tw:80/en/Films/Program/Show/165 . 2020-04-19 .
  4. Web site: Du Iz Tak?. Australian International Animation Festival. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200803114451/http://aiaf.info/film/du-iz-tak-united-states-2018 . 2020-08-03 .

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