Lights! Camera! Alice!: The Thrilling True Adventures of the First Woman Filmmaker

Description

Meet Alice Guy-Blache. She made movies some of the very first movies, and some of the most exciting! Blow up a pirate ship? Why not? Crawl into a tiger's cage? Of course! Leap off a bridge onto a real speeding train? It will be easy! Driven by her passion for storytelling, Alice saw a potential for film that others had not seen before, allowing her to develop new narratives, new camera angles, new techniques, and to surprise her audiences again and again. With daring and vision, Alice Guy-Blache introduced the world to a thrilling frontier of imagination and adventure, and became one of filmmaking's first and greatest innovators. Mara Rockliff tells the story of a girl who grew up loving stories and became an acclaimed storyteller and an inspiration in her own right.

Mara Rockliff has authored many books for children, including: Anything But Ordinary Addie: The True Story of Adelaide Herrmann, Queen of Magic; Around America to Win the Vote; and Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France. She lives in Pennsylvania. Simona Ciraolo is a children's book author and illustrator. She grew up in Italy where she received a degree in animation from the National Film School. She also earned an MA in children's book illustration at Cambridge. She lives in London.

"This picture book tells Alice's story in an exciting, kid-friendly way, with illustrations that capture her enthusiasm and fearlessness." -- GeekDad "Her story is a real inspiration and one which deserves to be, and should be, shared. This book does that perfectly and should be in all schools and libraries." -- Carousel