A must-have for any fashion lover, as the best component is the cultural history that accompanies each setting.
Slee and Kittler take readers down a multicultural catwalk that spans time, showcasing fashion from all over the world.
Depicting diverse models of all ages, genders, and colors, vibrant illustrations of events and settings act as the stage, each one presenting a select time period, location, notable designers, and the fashions that were popular during that time. “Dancing the Waltz” highlights “high-society” U.K. fashion in an elegant ballroom of dancers during the late 1800s. “Cycling” illustrates women wearing cycling bloomers and pedaling in dresses on their bicycles in the early 1900s, a time period when women wearing pants was still taboo in many places in the U.S. “Shimmying Down” takes place in a Harlem Renaissance dance hall where men dance in sharp long jackets, and women wear colorful, beaded flapper dresses. Along the 1930s French Riviera, men and women wear wide-leg trousers on the beach, “Soaking in the Sun.” On the streets of India, diverse fashion statements show the influence Bollywood film has had on Indian culture. Each page is a burst of illustrations that celebrate the impact and intersections of global fashion, with other scenes depicting 1920s Shanghai, 1950s Mexico, 1950s Saigon, and more. Scenes are aspirationally inclusive, depicting diverse people interacting in historical settings that might surprise readers.
A must-have for any fashion lover, as the best component is the cultural history that accompanies each setting. (Nonfiction. 8-14)Pub Date: April 2, 2019
ISBN: 978-1-78603-195-2
Page Count: 64
Publisher: Wide Eyed Editions
Review Posted Online: Feb. 16, 2019
Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 2019
Weaving together architectural, engineering and Native American history, Weitzman tells the fascinating story of how Mohawk Indian ironworkers helped construct the sprawling bridges and towering skyscrapers that dominate our urban landscape. The book begins with a brief but informative history of the Kanien'kéhaka—People of the Flint. Leaders in establishing the League of the Iroquois, a confederation of Indian nations in the New York region, Mohawks had a longstanding reputation for their sense of tight-knit community, attraction to danger and love for physical challenge, qualities that served them well when hired in the late 1800s to do the most arduous work in railroad and bridge construction. With the advent of the skyscraper, Mohawks possessing agility that seemed gravity-defying worked hundreds of feet above the ground. They were not immune to tragedy, and the author discusses in detail the collapse of the Québec Bridge that killed 31 Mohawk workers. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs that capture the daring spirit of these heroic workers, the concise, captivating account offers great insight into the little-known but considerable role Native Americans played in our architectural and engineering achievements. (glossary, bibliography, source notes, index) (Nonfiction. 10-14)
Pub Date: Sept. 14, 2010
ISBN: 978-1-59643-162-1
Page Count: 128
Publisher: Flash Point/Roaring Brook
Review Posted Online: July 30, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 2010
Starting with a lonely slice of pizza pictured on the cover and the first page, Thornhill launches into a wide-ranging study of the history and culture of food—where it comes from, how to eat it and what our food industries are doing to the planet. It’s a lot to hang on that slice of pizza, but there are plenty of interesting tidbits here, from Clarence Birdseye’s experiments with frozen food to how mad cow disease causes the brain to turn spongy to industrial food production and global warming. Unfortunately, the volume is designed like a bad high-school yearbook. Most pages are laid out in text boxes, each containing a paragraph on a discrete topic, but with little in the way of an organizing theme to tie together the content of the page or spread. Too many colors, too much jumbled-together information and total reliance on snippets of information make this a book for young readers more interested in browsing than reading. Kids at the upper edge of the book's range would be better served by Richie Chevat's adaptation of Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma (2009). (Nonfiction. 8-12)
Pub Date: Sept. 1, 2010
ISBN: 978-1-897349-96-0
Page Count: 64
Publisher: Maple Tree Press
Review Posted Online: July 1, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: July 15, 2010
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