Bonnie Christensen, Author . Knopf $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-375-81568-3
Christensen (Woody Guthrie
) crafts an intriguing introduction to a larger-than-life figure in this attractive picture book biography. Born in 1864, Elizabeth Cochran (better known by her pen name, Nellie Bly) faced dim career prospects. Bly fell...
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Bonnie Christensen, Author . Roaring Brook/Flash Point/Porter $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-59643-422-6
Richly expressive paint and ink illustrations portray the hard-earned successes of Django Reinhardt, whose childhood was spent traveling with his impoverished gypsy family, where music was a constant and illuminating presence: “Music......
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Bonnie Christensen, Author Dial Books $14.89 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-1406-9
First-timer Christensen gives a fresh look to a popular genre in this winning abecedarium. The format isn't anything out of the ordinary--each letter is assigned a different edible plant--but the quality of the illustrations and the range and scope...
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Bonnie Christensen. Holt/Ottaviano, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8050-8753-6
In an intimate biography of Andy Warhol, "Prince of Pop, King of Cool," Christensen spans a 30-year period—from the artist's upbringing in Pittsburgh to the height of his popularity in the 1960s—emphasizing a self-made rags-to-riches ascent. From...
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Bonnie Christensen. Roaring Brook/Porter, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-59643-550-6
Christensen’s (The Princess of Borscht) sturdy, wood engraving–style illustrations show carrots, pumpkins, chard, and beans that look good enough to eat—but waiting is just as important a theme as eating in these verses (“We water and weed/ and...
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Bonnie Christensen. Knopf, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-375-86753-8
Written in the first person, Christensen’s (Django) vivid biography opens with the aging Galileo Galilei sitting inside his garden walls, sentenced to house arrest. “Though I’m ending in darkness, I clearly recall the sun-filled hours of my early...
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Bonnie Christensen. Roaring Brook/Porter, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-59643-715-9
In a sweet-natured story set over two years during the ninth century, Christensen (I, Galileo) follows a small jade pebble along the length of the Silk Road, from China to Italy. The pebble is initially given to a silk merchant by his daughter, Mei,
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Bonnie Christensen, Author, Bonnie Christensen, Illustrator . Knopf $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-375-81113-5
Seemingly tapping into the tone of Guthrie's own lyrics, Christensen's (Breaking into Print) folksy, sometimes plaintive narrative offers a resonant profile of this songwriter's life and work. Born in Oklahoma in 1912 to parents who were
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Bonnie Christensen. Holt/Ottaviano, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-9447-3
Evocative photo-and-oil-paint collages and a narrative that reads like a series of bluesy prose poems distinguish the late Christensen’s atmospheric study of the early life of Elvis Presley. After teaching himself guitar and moving to Memphis in...
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