Christopher Corr. Francis Lincoln, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-84780-726-7
Corr’s neon colors and joyous folk-naive artwork set this Russian folktale aglow. A mouse is first to discover an empty house in the forest—“It was painted bright white, with nine neat windows and a red front door”—and when other animals and birds...
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Christopher Corr. Francis Lincoln, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-78603-065-8
Corr (Deep in the Woods) retells an old Chinese legend: the Jade Emperor announces that he will name a year after the first 12 animals to cross the river, and the animals set off. Each creature crosses in a different way according to its personality.
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Christopher Corr. Frances Lincoln, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-78603-662-9
Illustrations that feature dazzling colors, folk art, and contemporary sensibilities power this neatly pared retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s existential story about a small fir who feels neglected as loggers fell the towering trees that...
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