Children's and Teen: 6 - 8 years old

Cover art for JOHANN GUTENBERG AND THE AMAZING PRINTING PRESS

CHILDREN'S

Released: Sept. 22, 2003

JOHANN GUTENBERG AND THE AMAZING PRINTING PRESS

by Bruce Koscielniak, illustrated by Bruce Koscielniak

"Definitely not for the younger picture book crowd, however. (Nonfiction. 8-12)"

Koscielniak wowed with The Story of the Incredible Orchestra (2000); he is much less successful here. Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: March 1, 1998

PRAIRIE TOWN

by Bonnie Geisert, illustrated by Arthur Geisert

"Still, the Geiserts observe and evoke the pace and rhythms of life in a prairie town with abundant affection. (Picture book. 5-8)"

This hawk's-eye view allows readers to circle over a small town during a year in which, at close inspection, apparently changeless streets and structures surrounded by flat horizons and "uninterrupted sky" yield up a host of stories, depicted in Lilliputian scale. Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: Feb. 20, 1996

TEMPLE CAT

by Andrew Clements, illustrated by Kate Kiesler

"Kiesler, working in an utterly realistic style, employs a subtle visual shift in characterization as the protagonist transforms from a religious icon to an ordinary house cat. (Picture book. 5-8)"

Clements (Who Owns the Cow?, p. 944, etc.) pens a tale for consummate cat enthusiasts or lovers of antiquity: a feline's not- too-arduous search for love. Read full book review >

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Children's and Teen: 6 - 8 years old