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Escuchen a esta amorosa maestra de un colegio en Estados Unidos y como les lee el primer capítulo de esta gran historia.

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Listen to this episode from Preston's Story Hour on Spotify. Hey guys! Here's chapter 1. Pop in some headphones and go on a walk while you're listening! It's nice to be outside while listening to The Giver! Miss you all!

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¿Cómo se transmiten los recuerdos en nuestra sociedad?

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¿Cómo te sentirías si vieras la vida en blanco y negro?

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¿Qué recuerdos consideras los más importantes? Si fueras el dador de recuerdos, ¿cuáles darías primero? ¿Por qué?

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Estas son algunas de las maravillosas citas que nos otorga esta novela. Elegí una y escribí una narración detallando un posible contexto en el que pudieran ser dichas.

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The Giver is a 1993 American children's novel (generally Young Adult or older) by Lois Lowry.

It didn't worry him. How could someone not fit in? The community was so meticulously ordered, the choices so carefully made.

But at the same time he was filled with fear. He did not know what his selection meant. He did not know what he was to become. Or what would become of him.

If everything's the same, then there aren't any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things!

Now he saw another elephant emerge from the place where it had stood hidden in the trees. Very slowly it walked to the mutilated body and looked down. With its sinuous trunk it struck the huge corpse; then it reached up, broke some leafy branches with a snap, and draped them over the mass of torn thick flesh. Finally it tilted its massive head, raised its trunk, and roared into the empty landscape.

They have never known pain, he thought. The realization made him feel desperately lonely.

..."Still," he said slowly, almost to himself, "I did like the light they made. And the warmth."

Do you love me?

There was an awkward silence for a moment. Then Father gave a little chuckle. "Jonas. You, of all people. Precision of language, please!"

What do you mean? Jonas asked. Amusement was not at all what he had anticipated.

Your father means that you used a very generalized word, so meaningless that it has become almost obsolete, his mother explained carefully.

Jonas stared at them. Meaningless? He had never before felt anything as meaningful as the memory.

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The Giver is a 1993 American children's novel (generally Young Adult or older) by Lois Lowry. It didn't worry him. How could someone not fit in? The community was so meticulously ordered, the choices so carefully made. But at the same time he was filled with fear.

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Esta canción se oye en uno de los momentos más importantes en la vida de Jonas, un punto de quiebre en la trama que nos llevará a conocer más acerca de esta sociedad utópica. ¿Qué sentimientos te transmite?

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Visitá la página web de esta autora y descubrí más acerca de ella y de sus obras.

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Hi! I wish I could invite you into my kitchen for a cup of tea and we could chat. That's not possible. But please... join me here, at the website. It's the next best thing.

Take your time and look around. You can find a catalog of all my books, a gallery of my personal photos, a collection of speeches I've given, and more.

You can send me email through this site. I'd love to hear from you!

I won the Newbery Medal in 1990 for Number the Stars, and in 1994 for The Giver.

In 1991 I was awarded the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award for Number the Stars.

Gooney Bird Greene won the Rhode Island Children's Book Award in 2002.

In 2014 I was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters by Brown University. I also have been awarded honorary degrees from The University of Southern Maine, Elmhurst College, Wilson College, St. Mary's College, and Lesley University.

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Lois Lowry - Lois Lowry is an American writer. As an author, Lowry is known for writing about difficult subject matter within works geared towards children. She has explored such complex issues as racism, terminal illness, murder, and the Holocaust, among other challenging topics.

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Hi! I wish I could invite you into my kitchen for a cup of tea and we could chat. That's not possible. But please... join me here, at the website. It's the next best thing. Take your time and look around.

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Luego de ver la introducción de la adaptación cinematográfica del libro, ¿qué características tiene la sociedad que se ve y que Jonas describe? ¿Es similar a la nuestra?

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¿Qué inspiró a Lois Lowry a escribir The Giver?

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¿Qué inspiró a Lois Lowry a escribir The Giver?

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¿Cómo crees que los recuerdos afectan tus decisiones y tu vida? ¿Qué pasaría si un día no los tuvieras más?

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El Dador es un enigma. Nadie sabe de él, pero él sabe de todo y de todos. Conocer a Jonas lo llevará a redescubrir un mundo que ni él se había atrevido a ver.

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Jonas es un niño más de tantos, curioso y respetuoso, pero que no se destaca en una sociedad en la que todos son iguales. Sin embargo, su vida toma un giro inesperado al cumplir doce años.