Carpenter's (Fannie in the Kitchen) expressive oil paintings lend an appropriately sturdy air to this picture book biography of the 16th president. Winters Continue reading »
Inspired by TV reports about the upcoming presidential election, a second grader named Oliver catalogues why his beloved teacher, Mrs. Robbins, is ideal for the job. The fun arises from the way Continue reading »
On the first day of school, every student shares a wish for the upcoming year. Some wishes are quotidian (?I?ll look good in my school picture?; ?I won?t lose things in my desk?) while others are Continue reading »
Those who contributed to the way of life in the pharaohs' time proudly describe their work in the poems in Voices of Ancient Egypt by Kay Winters, illus. by Barry Moser. From the Scribe, who Continue reading »
There are no big, bad wolves in Winters's (Did You See What I Saw?) verse story; instead, she shows a litter of four wolf pups growing up in their natural environment. Most of the unrhyming, Continue reading »
In this scary-silly sequel to The Teeny Tiny Ghost, the protagonist's newfound courage flags when transparent boots go ""stomp, stomp, stomping"" around his cobwebby mansion. ""Someone is haunting my Continue reading »
In The Teeny Tiny Ghost and the Monster, Kay Winters and Lynn Munsinger's third outing starring the diminutive hero, he resists drawing a picture for his school's Make a Monster contest. (""That Continue reading »
In this companion to Colonial Voices and Voices from the Oregon Trail, Jeb and Mattie, two enslaved siblings in 1861 Maryland, are determined not to be ?sold South? as their mother Continue reading »
More than 20 years after Did You See What I Saw?, Winters returns with another collection of school-themed poetry: 35 light, energetic poems about catching the bus, being the new kid, lost permission Continue reading »
Prepared to perfection and served up with style, this historical nugget imagines an interlude in the life of cookbook pioneer Fannie Farmer, who, prior to her stint at the Boston Cooking School, Continue reading »
"Both Bunting and Carpenter are in top form in this wise and funny story of a girl who sheds sibling rivalry in favor of affection for her twin baby sisters," wrote Continue reading »
Poor Grandmother keeps dispatching family members into the woods to gather enough firewood before the "long, hard winter" arrives, but instead of collecting wood, each person comes back Continue reading »
Carpenter's (Fannie in the Kitchen) expressive oil paintings lend an appropriately sturdy air to this picture book biography of the 16th president. Winters Continue reading »
"A rural family and its neighbor face potential disaster as a tornado heads for their homes in this suspenseful though ultimately reassuring picture book," said Continue reading »
Life on Huckleberry Lake is idyllic for Little Bear as he sits in his small wooden boat. He rows, he fishes, and "on sunny days he lay back in it, closed his eyes, and dreamed. And he was Continue reading »
Capturing a stroller-bound toddler's delight in moving "Out! Out!/ Into the wind/ on wheels," Carpenter's (Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books) Continue reading »
"Prepared to perfection and served up with style, this historical nugget imagines an interlude in the life of cookbook pioneer Fannie Farmer," said PW
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A contemporary Italian-American family living in New York City makes its annual pilgrimage to Liberty Island to celebrate the birthday of the Statue of Liberty in what Continue reading »
APPLES TO OREGON: Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and Cherries (and Children) Across the Plains
Deborah Hopkinson
The creators of Fannie in the Kitchen
present another satisfying slice of Americana in this capricious caper, loosely based on a true story. "My daddy loved Continue reading »
The title is terrifically cheeky, and Carpenter (Fannie in the Kitchen
) outdoes herself in these mixed-media illustrations. The unnamed heroine, who resembles a Continue reading »
Carpenter, who made such a splash with her photograph-enhanced drawings in 17 Things I'm Not Allowed to Do Anymore
, flexes her rascally aesthetic even more Continue reading »
Caldecott Medalist Yolen (Owl Moon
) turns her attention to the poet Emily Dickinson and her young nephew, Thomas Gilbert (“Gib”), expanding on some Continue reading »
Young history buffs will delight as tenacious heroine Imogene Tripp fights to save her town’s ramshackle historical society building and its contents. Prone to reciting the “immortal Continue reading »
A likable fourth-grader shares her frustrations about her preschool-age sister, Emma, in candid narrative poems. Emma copies everything Jessica does, embarrasses her at her soccer game by wearing a Continue reading »
A rural family and its neighbor face potential disaster as a tornado heads for their homes in this suspenseful though ultimately reassuring picture book. Natt and Lucille enjoy a sultry summer day Continue reading »
A contemporary Italian-American family living in New York City makes its annual pilgrimage to Liberty Island to celebrate the birthday of the Statue of Liberty in this poignant picture book. Young Continue reading »
A young African American girl muses, ``if I were a Masai,'' and compares her own life with what she has learned in school about East Africa and its inhabitants. She considers where a Masai girl would Continue reading »
This atmospheric picture book memorably evokes the long summer evenings of a bygone era, then broadens in scope to convey a boy's sudden courage and the warmth of friendship. The young narrator Continue reading »
Both Bunting (Smoky Night) and Carpenter (Sitti's Secrets) are in top form in this wise and funny story of a girl who sheds sibling rivalry in favor of affection for her twin baby sisters. Life isn't Continue reading »
Facklam lends her considerable scientific expertise to this quiet tale about the first Christmas and the reverberating power of nature. On the night Jesus was born, there were no such things as Continue reading »
An unseen narrator practically sings the verses of this celebratory book, which begins with an announcement and an invitation: ""Someone's come to our house./ Yes, yes, bless-a-my-soul!/ Bright new Continue reading »
Nine-year-old Sam narrates Bowdish's (Living with My Stepfather Is Like Living with a Moose) slice-of-life novel set in Brooklyn in 1953. ""Don't step on your father,"" warns Sam's mother in the Continue reading »
The curious and mischief-minded heroine from 17 Things I?m Not Allowed to Do Anymore turns her attention to the scientific method. A typical experiment: ?Question: Do dogs like to be covered in Continue reading »
Does Santa visit lighthouse keepers and their families living on isolated islands? According to this hopeful picture book (and its author?s note) the Flying Santa Service has made sure of it, since Continue reading »
Carpenter?s warm, retro spreads salute McCloskey in what might turn out to be this generation?s duckling rescue story. Seeing public officials put civic machinery to work to save baby animals is Continue reading »
Queen Victoria is ready to break free from the constraints of life at the top (including literal ones, like corsets) and take a swim in the ocean. But that would never do given the mores of the era Continue reading »
Imagined letters from the daughter of portrait painter Gilbert Stuart transport readers to the creation of one of the most famous paintings of the first U.S. president. Young Charlotte Stuart begins Continue reading »
Hopkinson?s moving epistolary text and Carpenter?s emotionally incisive flashbacks chronicle the evolving relationship between an impulsive second grader and her life-changing teacher. Never doubting Continue reading »
Balderdash! John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children?s Books
Michelle Markel
?Lucky, lucky reader. Be glad it?s not 1726,? begins this effervescent tribute to publisher John Newbery. Back then, writes Markel (Hillary Rodham Clinton), children read ?preachy poems and Continue reading »
Bookshelf talked with illustrator Nancy Carpenter about her latest book, 17 Things I’m Not Allowed to Do Anymore, written by Jenny Offill (Random House/Schwartz & Wade).
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Bookshelf talked with illustrator Nancy Carpenter about her latest book, 17 Things I’m Not Allowed to Do Anymore, written by Jenny Offill (Random House/Schwartz & Wade, Dec.)
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Versatile illustrator Nancy Carpenter spoke with PW about her illustrations for Lucky Ducklings, Eva Moore's story of a group of Montauk townspeople who save five ducklings from Continue reading »
Aceves’s debut balances brash humor and fumbling first loves in an East L.A. narrative that places serious significance on mental health. Bisexual, Mexican American Enrique Continue reading »
Seton Academic High prep school’s varsity football team attributes tradition to their 12-year winning streak, and they’re not about to let anything get in the way of another Continue reading »
When 17-year-olds Ada Lovelace and Mary Shelley née Godwin meet at a party, they become thick as thieves in Ashton, Hand, and Meadows’s (My Contrary Mary) inventive historical Continue reading »
Viscerally rendered emotions and resonant chronic-illness representation build to a thrilling collaboration that deals in horror tropes. Since her diagnosis, whose treatment Continue reading »