CHILDREN'S
Released: Jan. 1, 2003
"It is a pity that Lasky chooses to impose her own feelings and voice upon this woman whose voice she purports to celebrate. (Picture book/biography. 6-10)"
A sizable dose of imagination seeks to illuminate the life of Phillis Wheatley, the 18th-century slave poet, but reveals more about the author than the subject.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: March 19, 2001
"Altogether, an engaging trip. (Poetry. 7-10)"
George deftly describes the satisfying sequence of familiar events in a summer camping experience in this collection of 30 related poems perfectly paired once again with Kiesler's inviting oil paintings (The Great Frog Race and Other Poems, 1998, etc.).
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CHILDREN'S
Released: March 1, 1998
"As an illustrator of the grotesque, Zak has great facility, but this rendition is not for readers unfamiliar with more traditional versions. (Picture book/folklore. 8-12)"
Developing the theme that there was no particular difference between the rats of Hamelin and its greedy, ungrateful populace, Zak draws both with beady eyes, snaggle teeth, and disagreeable sagging bodies.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: April 1, 1997
"Animal Notes'' provides brief facts about the creatures mentioned in the text. (Picture book. 4-7)"
Lindbergh (Nobody Owns the Sky, 1996, etc.) personifies spring as a voice ``deep as the river and high as a bird,'' calling all things in the north woods to awaken and begin—foxes and frogs, wild ducks and wolves, buds, bats, and bears.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: March 17, 1997
"The oil illustrations are heavy and sometimes dark, with rather awkward humans and large animals but clearly modeled insects, frogs, and birds. (Picture book/poetry. 5-8)"
George's first book features small poems about country living, with a spirited introduction by the late Myra Cohn Livingston (B Is for Baby, 1996, etc.), who has presided over better collections as poet and anthologist.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: April 1, 1996
"The artist portrays the cat—rightly, readers will say—as a total rascal; he's garrulous, colossally independent, and immune to all human concerns. (Picture book. 2-7)"
