Out of the Shadows : How Lotte Reiniger Made the First Animated Fairytale Movie author-Chris Moriarty many years ago when her

many years ago when her brother was torn away from her as a child

with a mommy and a daddy

Evie craves her own freedom—but liberation from her role as Sea Witch will require an exchange she may not be willing to make

Kit Lowell is the first person to sit at my lunch table

Ruth Plumly

Out of the Shadows : How Lotte Reiniger Made the First Animated Fairytale Movie author-Chris Moriarty many years ago when herAn innovative picture book biography about an unsung hero of early animation Lotte Reiniger (18991981) 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 Disneys Snow White!) As a little kid, Reiniger loved reading fairytales and fell in love with puppetry. At school, she learned about paperschnitte, or