Thanks to His Teachers

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There is so much of Wild Things and King Kong in George Shrinks. I just took the idea that King Kong was too big for everything and reversed it and put George in a land of giants, which is basically what every kid goes through anyway — that, you know, the world is made for grownups, for tall people, for the giants. And once I shrunk him down, I even used some things that happened in King Kong and just reversed the situations.

Joyce explains the importance of encouraging children to be who they are, and why he credits certain grade school teachers with his successful career path.

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There’s no one like William Joyce. In this exclusive video interview with Reading Rockets, the unconventional and highly creative author and illustrator of George Shrinks and Rolie Polie Olie discusses topics ranging from King Kong to whoopee cushions to ice cream planets.

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Thanks to His Teachers

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