CHILDREN'S
Released: March 12, 1985
"It's an idea to capture a child's fancy, and touch a cat-lover's heart—with a measured, word-wise text satisfying to read or read aloud."
Or, why cats eat rats—quietly and effectively adapted from a West Indian folk tale by an accomplished compiler/illustrator (The Ox of the Wonderful Horns, Beat the Story-Drum, Pure-Pure).
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 1, 1988
"Bryan retells the story with vigor and humor; the brush drawings, in shades of gray on buff, are appropriately decorative, although some of the subtleties of the brushwork have been lost in reproduction."
The illustrator here—who is a professor of sculpture at Dartmouth—remembers this Japanese tale from his childhood.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 1989
"Fine for reading, telling, and sharing; just right to pair with Mosel's Tikki Tikki Tembo."
Retold from Parsons' Folklore of the Antilles (1936), a story about delight in the sounds of words and the warm relationship between a boy and his Granny.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: April 30, 1991
"Note on the spirituals. (Nonfiction. 4+)"
Twenty splendid examples of spirituals are provided with simple arrangements by David Manning Thomas (guitar chords also included).
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Nov. 4, 1991
"Piano arrangements by John Andrew Ross; notes for musicians. (Nonfiction. 4+)"
In the same sunny, luminous colors he used for All Night, All Day (p. 534), Bryan presents nine more spirituals, linking them with figures from Noah ("Didn't It Rain?") to Jonah ("Wake Up!
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 30, 1992
"There are some poignant moments here, and some intriguing thoughts, but these poems are most notable for their rhythmic, musical language—and as a foil for the lyrically decorative art. (Poetry/Picture book. 8+)"
Twenty-three short poems celebrating family, animals, flowers, and music, many of them alluding to a tropical island setting.
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