According to PW, this straightforward chronology ``simply shadows and underscores'' Wilder's tuniversally acclaimed writings. Ages 8-12. Continue reading »
Laura Ingalls Wilder's many fans will delight in this inviting biographical overview in a picture-book format, graced by Andreasen's dreamy landscapes, glowing prairie skies and warm character Continue reading »
The Face of Glory: Creativity, Consciousness and Civilization
William Anderson
As one might guess from the subtitle, this is a big subject. In the end, the entire creative processDfrom germinal idea through its final impact on societyDis too big a subject, at least judging from Continue reading »
Conjuring a wee feline with “Two small eyes./ Two small ears./ A mouth, full of small pointy teeth,” and more, Shaloshvili (Bear) deftly kicks off a tenderly wrought picture Continue reading »
A family’s forced migration prompts a new way of seeing home in this sensitively rendered tale of change from Perrella and Salerno. High on a hill at night, young narrator Clara Continue reading »
An accompanied journey ends in rest and remembrance in Lopez’s arresting debut, which, in English and Spanish, blends Indigenous Mexican myth with a story of loss. Popo, Nana’s Continue reading »
In this quietly reverent tale by Goldberg, a candle lit
to observe the anniversary of a loved one’s death gives a family the opportunity for reminiscence. As the young narrator Continue reading »