Inkheart 2008 official trailer brendan fraser, andy serkis movie hd. In the sequel to inkheart, dustfinger needs to be read back into the wayless woods. Inkheart is a tale of adventure, magic, escape, danger, and intrigue. Inkspell by cornelia funke overdrive rakuten overdrive. Book talks childrens literature libguides at millikin university. Maggie and her father mo are two wonderful characters who have each others back and as you read on you realize what. I really love the kids movies and books that involve the imagination of the characters as an active part of the storyline. Inkheart junket brendan fraser, eliza hope interview single shots of both. Apr 22, 2014 studentmade book trailer of cornelia funkes inkheart music. Posted july 7, 2009 by pleadingthe5th in books, story. But despite the slow pacing and repetition, this is a rousing adventure. Mo is a bookbinder and has passed on his great love of books to his daughter meggie. Its quite obvious the book was written with an open ending, but without further thought as to sequels. Books on the tv set and in the closet, small piles of books, tall piles of books, books thick and thin, books old and new.
When he reads aloud from books, he brings the characters to lifeliterally. Meggies father, mo, has an wonderful and sometimes terrible ability. Meggie loves stories, but her bookbinding father, mo, hasnt read aloud to her since her mother mysteriously disappeared some years ago. Comprehension by chapter, vocabulary challenges, creative reading response activities and projects, tests, and much more. Nov 21, 2003 inkheart by cornelia funke, translated by anthea bell 544pp, chicken house. Based on a 2007 online poll, the national education association named the book one of its teachers top 100 books for children. Were hugely excited to see dragon rider and the griffins feather as books of the month in wh smith and waterstones respectively. In june 2007 inkheart was voted, in a composite online and phone pollshow named unsere besten, organized by the zdf network, as the eleventh best book of all time by the general public. Ever been afraid that the bad guys come alive out of a book.
Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. In the story, a good reader can taste the words, making the stories and characters come alive. The black circle by patrick carman the 39 clues book 6. Download and read online for free inkheart by cornelia funke. Inkheart is too muddled to succeed as precise filmmaking, but as fanciful escapism, its a cozy pageturner. Now the villain, capricorn, whom mo accidentally released from a book called inkheart, is determined to capture mo, meggie, and the book, and force mo to read both. Inkheart booktalk scholastic scholastic books for kids. One night a guy named dustfinger comes to see mo, and they talk about some dude whos on his trail capricorn.
Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The writer another compelling theme is the power of writer and the concept of a story world existing beyond just the words on the page. I just finished watching inkheart with my younger kids. The book she had been reading was under her pillow, pressing its cover against her ear as if to lure her back into its printed pages. Free inkheart study unit worksheets for teachers to print. What is the ending to the book inkheart by cornelia funke. A young girl, meggie, discovers that her father can speak people into and out of books when he reads aloud. This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the inkheart article. Whether you are discussing characters and their actions, setting, theme, or images, having a guide to questions that will. Is it worth mentioning that this is a selfreferencing book, there is a book called inkheart in the book called inkheart, like hitchikers guide to the galaxy. A series of 8 short video clips discussing the ink world books. The suspenseful plot makes you a little fearful and there is some violence, but the pretext of the story makes it fanciful enough to distance you from the events of the story.
Inkheart is a magical book, but it isnt a harry potter imitation. Meggie is a stalwart heroine, and the villains are truly creepy and brutal perhaps too much so for some children. Mo entrusts a book to elinor, but is all secretive about it. This study guide consists of approximately 36 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of inkheart.
He is evil incarnate, taking joy in hurting other creatures. General book club questions for study and discussion. From internationally acclaimed storyteller cornelia funke, this bestselling, magical epic is now out in paperback. The plan is to trade the book which elinor had switched out secretly for mobut when they reach capricorns village, meggie and elinor are thrown into a prison with mo. But this is what happens in this book the whole story revolves around a book called inkheart. Im sure it must be very comfortable sleeping with a hard. Inkheart by cornelia funke chapters 2630 summary and analysis. Although a year has passed, not a day goes by without meggie thinking of inkheart, the book whose characters came to lifeand changed her life forever. He read so lyrically from the the book inkheart, that several of the books wicked characters ended up blinking and cursing on his cottage floor. The story drives right along and youre captivated by the characters. Meggie, an avid reader, lives alone with her father, a bookbinder.
Mo discovered his power when maggie was just a baby. Dragon rider by cornelia funke summary, booktalk, and 8 discussion questions. The film is based on the bestselling book by cornelia funke and it stars brendan fraser, paul bettany, eliza hope. Mo folchart purchases a used copy when his daughter meggie is an infant and accidentally reads his wife, theresa into the book, and three characters, capricorn, dustfinger, and basta, out of it. Perhaps the story in the book is just the lid on a pan. It is hard to avoid preciosity in books about books, but here funke pulls off the feat with vigor.
Many twists and turns that will particularly intrigue those who love books unfold before meggie ultimately learns that she and her father have something in common when it comes to magic. No matter the genre, age, notoriety, or length of the book of the moment, book club questions can kickstart or enhance your group discussion. Free inkheart worksheets and literature unit for teachers. Meggie must learn to harness the magic that has conjured this nightmare. No child seeing inkheart will ever want to be read to again, especially if that child loves its mother, as so many do.
What would you do if every time you read a book out loud, it came to life, whether you wanted it to or not. As with cornelia funkes previous book, the thief lord, some kids will be put off by the leisurely pace of inkheart, while others will be enthralled by the unusual story. The inkheart trilogyseries overdrive rakuten overdrive. When a disturbing stranger named dustfingers intrudes on their peace, she gradually discovers that the barrier between books and the real world is permeable and that an illfated readaloud. Instead, orpheus betrays him and enters inkheart alone, putting everyone in danger. Inkspell video booktalk in the sequel to inkheart, dustfinger needs to be read back into the wayless woods. But for dustfinger, the fireeater brought into being from words, the need to return to the original tale has become desperate. The film is based on the bestselling book by cornelia funke and it stars brendan fraser, paul bettany, eliza hope bennett, andy serkis, helen mirren, and jim broadbent in an iain softley film. Jan 21, 2009 i never knew reading was so dangerous. Funke weaves a timeless tale about books, about imagination, about life. The book reaches its resolution by the rewriting of the inkheart story. Once the second book starts, its quite clear the author thought out the entire rest of the trilogy. Inkheart is a dark childrens book written by fenoglio. This is a story about the real world and what could happen in it if fictional creatures came to life.
One night, 12yearold meggies father reads aloud from a book called inkheart and an evil monster escapes the boundaries of fiction and lands in their living. Inkheart 01 inkheart by cornelia funke translated from the german by anthea bell 2. Meggie, a girl at the age of 12, sees a stranger staring at her outside her window and tells her father, mortimer or mo, as. The drawback is that real people are trapped within the same book. Opening on january 23rd is the new line cinema fantasy adventure inkheart. The first book in this set inkheart is absolutely fantastic. Meggie stares at the magpies bandages legs, which angers the magpie. Create marketing content that resonates with prezi video. The idea that the main character gets sucked into a magical world from the book she reads every night is brilliant and magical. They welcomed meggie down to breakfast with invitingly opened. Scholastic book talk for cornelia funkes inkheart 1.
Jan 11, 2009 opening on january 23rd is the new line cinema fantasy adventure inkheart. Inkheart is a book about books, a celebration of and a warning about books. One cruel night, meggies father reads aloud from a book called inkheart and an evil ruler escapes the boundaries of fiction and lands in their living room. Beyond the grave by jude watson the 39 clues book 5. Inkheart taps into every readers desire for her beloved characters to be brought to life, and shows just what happens when they bring their world into ours. Here is a film about a man named mo, who, when he reads aloud, has the power of liberating fictional characters into the real world.
Oct 01, 2011 inkheart was always a favorite of mine growing up, well written and engaging, a hard book to put down. This is not a forum for general discussion of the articles subject put new text under old text. Meggie lives a quiet life alone with her father, a bookbinder. From the author of the sensational new york times bestseller the thief lord comes a thrilling new adventure about magic and selfdiscovery. And now he is looking for mo, because mo owns a copy of the book called inkheart, the same book he read aloud so long ago. Inkheart is a 2008 britishamericangerman fantasy adventure film directed by iain softley, produced by cornelia funke, dylan cuva, sarah wang, ute leonhardt, toby emmerich, mark ordesky, ileen maisel and andrew licht, written by david lindsayabaire, music composed by javier navarrete and starring brendan fraser, paul bettany, helen mirren, jim broadbent, andy serkis, and eliza bennett. Im sure it must be very comfortable sleeping with a hard, rectangular thing like that under your head, her father had teased the first time he found a book under her pillow. Suddenly, meggie is smack in the middle of the kind of adventure she has only read about in books. Meggie cannot concentrate because she is worried about mo and the shots, so only pretends to be reading to herselfthe magpie does not want to see the shadow in her room. Tintenherz is a 2003 young adult fantasy novel by cornelia funke, and the first book of the inkheart trilogy.
Click here to start a new topic please sign and date your posts by typing four tildes new to wikipedia. This book is about a girl called meggie who loves reading books. When a stranger who knows her father knocks at their door, mo is forced to reveal an extraordinary secret when he reads aloud, words come alive, and dangerous characters step out of the pages. It is full of books whose pages whisper to meggie, beckoning her to join their worlds.
Fenoglio, the author of the inkheart story, meets the characters he created in the flesh. Inkheart book and movie project by alexys tolman on prezi. As a member or leader of a book club, you are likely to be reading books on a wide variety of topics, both fiction and nonfiction. Aug 19, 2009 booktalk for inkheart by cornelia funke. Dec, 2008 while dean spanley is a leisurely affair, inkheart is a fastmoving tale full of action and attractive special effects, not unlike that other story about storytelling, the princess bride. And the letters on the page tell us only as much as wed see peering through a keyhole. Inkheart by cornelia funke overdrive rakuten overdrive. One night a strange man starts talking to mo her father. The author offers a book within a book and allows the reader to experience the beauty of both. It was recommended to me by my 12 year old niece as her very favorite book.
Although the book is rather lengthy, it is very exciting and will keep you turning the pages to find out what mystery will unfold next. One false note by gordon korman the 39 clues book 3. Jan 02, 2009 i just love inkheart and im reading inkspell now for the second time be4 i read inkdeath. Meggie keeps her most treasured books in a book box. It always stays the same, but underneath theres a whole world that goes on developing and changing like our own world.
Go on, admit it, the book whispers its story to you at night. The maze of bones by rick riordan the 39 clues book 2. So does her father, mo, a bookbinder, although he has never read aloud to her since her mother mysteri. This magical power proves dangerous, as characters from a certain book inkheart are on the loose and after mo. See more ideas about inkheart series, book worms and my books. The dragons are back and soaring into bookshops everywhere this month. Apr 30, 2015 to be honest, i listened to the audio tape, but this was an awesome story. But this ability is a curse when someone comes out of a book, someone else from our world goes into the book, and this, meggie learns, is how she lost her mother many years ago. Inkheart by cornelia funke is a fantasy book about twelveyearold meggie and her bookbinder father mo who can read things out of books with his.