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I learned in this picture book biography of mime artist Marcel Marceau that he was Jewish and was a member of the French resistance during WWII, leading hundreds of Jewish children over the Alps to safety in Switzerland. Gerard DuBois‘ gorgeous vintage-style art shows how Marceau could express so much with his face and body language. #kidlit

The tradition of whiteface developed in the Italian commedia dell‘arte […]. The white face, which is put on with greasepaint, helps the audience view expressions from a distance.

His father died in the concentration camps. “The people who came back from the camps were never able to talk about it,” Marceau later said. “My name is Mangel. I am Jewish. Perhaps that, unconsciously, contributed towards my choice of silence.”

In 1947, Monsieur Marceau created his famous character, Bip, adapting the name from Pip in Charles Dickens‘s novel, Great Expectations. “Because when you are young, you have great expectations.”

10-18-17: Made some mine earrings for a repeat customer. Her daughter is in a marching band called The Mimes! While they aren't any specific book they are in the shape of books. I can make a book earring out of anything!!! #gidgetstreasures #minibookearrings #mimes