Out of the Shadows: How Lotte Reiniger Made the First Animated Fairytale Movie

by Fiona Robinson

Book Overview

Out of the Shadows is an innovative picture book biography about an unsung hero of early animation.

Lotte Reiniger (1899-1981) was a German film director and animator best known for The Adventures of Prince Achmed, which was released in 1926 and is the oldest surviving animated movie. (It came out a full 11 years before Disney's Snow White ) As a little kid, Reiniger loved reading fairy tales and fell in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1419740857
• ISBN13: 9781419740855
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.1" x 12.1"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4