See more ideas about inkheart series, i love books and book worms. Funke weaves a timeless tale about books, about imagination, about life. Imagine it were possible to bring the characters from a book to life. Ellen degeneres funny 1st appearance doing stand up comedy on johnny carsons tonight show duration. Life in the inkworld has been far from easy since the extraordinary events of inkspell, when the book inkheart magically drew meggie, mo and dustfinger back into its pages. Inkheart book charlotte mecklenburg library bibliocommons. Inkheart book hennepin county library bibliocommons. 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 beggining of the book takes place at meggies aunt elinors house where she keeps books on every wall. Mostly set in northern italy and the parallel world of the fictional inkheart book, the. Inkheart and the thief lord are both available as audiobooks from listening library, a division of random house audio. Nov 21, 2003 inkheart by cornelia funke, translated by anthea bell 544pp, chicken house.
Not like when you listen to an audiobook with such enchantment that the characters seem to jump off the pages and into your bedroom. A fourth volume, the colour of revenge, is in the works. It is hard to avoid preciosity in books about books, but here funke pulls off the feat with vigor. Wonderfully drawn and very detailed characters fill this book from cover to. Mo entrusts a book to elinor, but is all secretive about it. Fenoglio, the author of the inkheart story, meets the characters he created in the flesh. What is the ending to the book inkheart by cornelia funke. When cornelia started to write inkheart, she didnt suspect that this story would. 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. The books chronicle the adventures of teen meggie folchart whose life changes dramatically when she realizes that she and her father, a bookbinder named mo, have the unusual. So, while reading the seventh chapter, three of the main characters from the book, capricorn, basta, and. Books on the tv set and in the closet, small piles of books, tall piles of books, books thick and. Capricorn is convinced, and decides that meggie is going to read something out of inkheart, of which capricorn kept a hard cover copy of the book for his own personal use. One of the central themes in the book inkheart is the astonishing ability shared by mo and his daughter meggie to read.
I hope that the film of the first book inkheart, will be enjoyable and entertaining, as the books are. The inkheart trilogy is a series of three fantasy novels written by german author cornelia funke, comprising inkheart 2003, inkspell 2005, and inkdeath 2007. Inkheart ebook chicago public library bibliocommons. Apr 22, 2014 studentmade book trailer of cornelia funkes inkheart music. Im sure it must be very comfortable sleeping with a hard, rectangular thing like that under your head, her father had. Mostly set in northern italy and the parallel world of the fictional inkheart book, the central story arc concerns the magic of books, their characters and creatures, and the art of reading. Inkheart 01 inkheart by cornelia funke translated from the german by anthea bell 2. The first book in this set inkheart is absolutely fantastic. Twelveyearold meggie learns that her father mo, a bookbinder, can read fictional characters to life when an evil ruler named capricorn, freed from the novel inkheart years earlier, tries to force mo to release an immortal monster from the story. 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. Dustfinger then explains that there is a man named capricorn who is looking for him, and that capricorn has agreed to read him back into the book. In capricorns hall, meggie reads all sorts of things out of books.
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 treasure and an evil creature out of the book, using meggie as his hostage. 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. Yeah, thats the speed at which i speak conversationally. Which book addict doesnt know the feeling that the characters in a book can seem. Based on a 2007 online poll, the national education association named the book one of its teachers top 100 books for children. Meggie folchart lives alone with her father mo, a book repair specialist. Moving to aunt elinors to protect the valuable book inkheart from both capricorn and dustfinger. Painting over movie covers on books, one book at a time. 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. Its quite obvious the book was written with an open ending, but without further thought as to sequels. As a book lover, it warmed my heart to read a book about the love of books.
The author offers a book within a book and allows the reader to experience the beauty of both. Inkheart book the seattle public library bibliocommons. Jun 01, 2005 inkheart paperback or softback by funke, cornelia and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. With dustfinger dead, and the evil adderhead now in control, the story in which they are all caught has taken an unhappy turn. Capricorn and his gang of thugs try to steal the book so they can be read back into inkworld. The exact setting of book is not entirely specified. I like the way this one turned out and it has been put on the shelf facing outwards. Zijn dochter meggie, weet niets van haar vaders talent, alleen dat hij tot op vandaag weigert voor te lezen. Under the cover of the black forest, the bluejay and his men fight to free ombra. Jun 26, 2012 that part at the beginning where i talk about my bookshelf. But mos plan to use the book to find and rescue resa is thwarted when capricorn, the evil villain of inkheart, kidnaps meggie and, discovering she has inherited her fathers gift, demands that.
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. No child seeing inkheart will ever want to be read to again, especially if that child loves its mother, as so many do. From internationally acclaimed storyteller cornelia funke, this bestselling, magical epic is now out in paperback. Once the second book starts, its quite clear the author thought out the entire rest of the trilogy. Discussion guide written by connie rockman, childrens literature consultant and adjunct professor of literature for children and young adults at the university of bridgeport and sacred heart university, and editor of the. Jan 21, 2009 i never knew reading was so dangerous. Gah inside our story theres a dude named fenoglio, who wrote a book that he titled inkheart because, as he explains it, its title is inkheart because its about a man whose wicked heart is as black as ink, filled with darkness and evil 34.
Tintenherz is a 2003 young adult fantasy novel by cornelia funke, and the first book of the inkheart trilogy. Characters from books literally leap off the page in this engrossing, actionpacked fantasy by the author of the thief lord. Inside our story theres a dude named fenoglio, who wrote a book that he titled inkheart because, as he explains it, its title is inkheart because its about a man whose wicked heart is as black as ink, filled with darkness and evil 34. How do natural disasters affect formal and informal businesses. Tintenherz is a young adultchild fantasy novel by cornelia funke, and the first book of the inkworld trilogy. The cover art for each book of the inkheart trilogy is cohesive within the same edition.
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. Covers for the three volumes of the original editions of the inkheart trilogy. Meggies father, mo, has an wonderful and sometimes terrible ability. The book reaches its resolution by the rewriting of the inkheart story. Mostly set in northern italy and the parallel world of the fictional inkheart book, the central.
Inkheart is a book about books, a celebration of and a warning about books. Inkheart book king county library system bibliocommons. Mo decides to bail with meggie, and dustfinger tags along as they go to visit mos absent wifes aunt, elinor. Throughout the years, there are several different editions within different countries.
Dustfinger says he wants to be read back into the story of inkheart, and he asks for the book. Imagine they could actually climb out of the pages and into our world. 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. Betrayed by dustfinger and on the run from capricorn, they travel across europe to find the author of.
I enjoy reading a wide range of books and have found that some books written for young adult readers, are just as entertaining and exciting to read. One night a guy named dustfinger comes to see mo, and they talk about some dude whos on his trail capricorn. The book is about a 12yearold girl named meggie folchart whose life changes dramatically when she realizes that her father, a bookbinder named mortimer mo, has an unusual ability. Inkheart book columbus metropolitan library bibliocommons. There were books in the kitchen and books in the lavatory. The best parts of the book are the ones about books mo repairing books, elinor collecting books even though she wont let meggie touch them, meggie reading books, fenoglio writing them. When he reads aloud from books, he brings the characters to lifeliterally. Mo hits dustfinger with his book doctor bag and takes off running. There has never been a book before, that was easier to write than inkspell. Inkheart is the title of our book and the book within the book. The story drives right along and youre captivated by the characters. When she was three, he read aloud from a book called inkheart and released characters into the real. Mo discovered his power when maggie was just a baby.
Then imagine if those characters brought their world into ours. 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 meggie calls him about it. The drawback is that real people are trapped within the same book. Twelveyearold meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can read fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service. Tintenherz is a 2003 young adult fantasy novel by cornelia funke, and. Covers for the three volumes of the original editions of the inkheart trilogy, designed by martina petersen and author cornelia funke. Cinderellas slipper, a gingerbread house from hansel and gretal, even the boat from huckleberry finn. Meggie, an avid reader, lives alone with her father, a bookbinder. 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. Jan 02, 2009 meggie summons the shadow and accidentally sends fenoglio into his own book, but cannot bring herself to destroy it and capricorn. It may even encourgage more people of all ages to read this trilogy. The inkheart series is a succession of four fantasy novels written by german author cornelia. Contentsshow the cover art for each book of the inkheart trilogy is cohesive within the same. One cruel night, meggies father reads aloud from a book called inkheart and.