Joan Walsh Anglund, . . Harcourt, $9.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-15-202113-9
Anglund's (Christmas Is Love) trademark chubby-cheeked children dot the pages of this small-format holiday anthology. Gathering traditional carols and customs from around the world, along with original poems (plus a recipe for gingerbread cookies), she creates idealized scenes of innocent, old-fashioned festivity, brightly bordered in red and green. Anglund's many fans will be pleased. All ages. (Sept.)
Joan Walsh Anglund accompanies her trademark illustrations of doll-like children (bereft of mouths and noses) with equally pat verse in Poems of Childhood. A uniformly sing-song meter dominates: Continue reading »
The follow-up to Brave Cowboy, Cowboy and His Friend by Joan Walsh Anglund, first published in 1961, features the eponymous hero and his imaginary companion. Throughout, lively b&w line drawings Continue reading »
Babies Are a Bit of Heaven by Joan Walsh Anglund also celebrates new arrivals. ""Babies are a bit of heaven, here on earth . Right from the beginning, they are all lovable."" A small trim size Continue reading »
On the eve of its 40th anniversary, Joan Walsh Anglund's Cowboy's Secret Life (1963) finds the hero of The Brave Cowboy and Cowboy and His Friend decked out in appropriate hat and spurs; he Continue reading »
Illustrated in her signature style, Joan Walsh Anglund's Little Angels' Alphabet of Love, originally published in 1997, features amorous cherubs demonstrating the ABCs of love: A is for Continue reading »
The publication of these six Little Golden Books, released to commemorate the imprint's 50th anniversary, is indeed cause for celebration. The work of this impressive roundup of gifted authors and Continue reading »
Though this collection of nine brief story-poems may find an appreciative audience among Anglund's fans, most of the entries are curiously aimless. The sole exception--and the only tale told in Continue reading »
Children's book creator Joan Walsh Anglund, widely known for her instantly recognizable images of sweet-faced, dot-eyed children, died on March 9; she was Continue reading »
Lamott (Dusk, Night, Dawn) brings her signature wit and warmth to these effervescent meditations on matters of the heart. Drawing from across her life, Lamott details how Continue reading »
Park (The Voices We Carry) extends a heartfelt invitation for grieving readers to refrain from “sprinting to closure” and instead mourn on their own timelines. Drawing on his Continue reading »
Rift: A Memoir of Breaking Away from Christian Patriarchy
Cait West
Survivors Discuss podcaster West debuts with a searing account of her restrictive, patriarchal Christian upbringing and how she charted her own path as an adult. Born to Continue reading »
Have You Got Good Religion? Black Women’s Faith, Courage, and Moral Leadership in the Civil Rights Movement
Annemarie Mingo
Mingo, an associate professor of ethics at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, debuts with a fine-grained study of the network of “ ‘everyday’ Black churchwomen”—including some Continue reading »