Gene Barretta, Author . Holt $16.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8050-7917-3
Now and then, we think about Ben," begins Barretta's (On Top of Spaghetti
) lighthearted and enlightening picture-book biography. "It was as if Ben could see into the future. Almost everything he created is still around today." The...
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Gene Barretta, illus. by Frank Morrison. HarperCollins/Tegen, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-243016-8
Barretta (Lincoln and Kennedy: A Pair to Compare) looks at how Muhammad Ali’s boxing career got its start: after the young Cassius Clay’s bike was stolen, a Louisville police officer encouraged him to spend time at a local boxing gym. Working in...
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Gene Barretta. Holt, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8050-9107-6
Barretta (who wrote about homophones in Dear Deer) stages an introduction to homographs at an animals' outdoor concert. On one spread, a chameleon lounges over a bowl of fruit and veggies to grasp the microphone: "Carmen Chameleon's entrance will...
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Gene Barretta. Holt/Ottaviano, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8050-9108-3
Following his picture-book biographies of Benjamin Franklin and Leonardo da Vinci, Barretta introduces Thomas Edison to young readers. Edison (1847–1931), portrayed as a twinkly-eyed gentleman, busily develops his inventions in his New Jersey...
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Gene Barretta. Holt/Ottaviano, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8050-9945-4
Barretta (Timeless Thomas: How Thomas Edison Changed Our Lives) compares Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy in a project that provides an adequate overview of their lives, but can’t help but evoke the (oft-debunked and derided) lists circulated...
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Gene Barretta. Little, Brown/Ottaviano, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-3163-3908-7
Readers first meet Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009), the future painter of Christina’s World, as a dreamy boy sprawled in tall grass, a sketch pad balanced on his stomach. Creative freedom defined his childhood in rural Pennsylvania, his family encouraging...
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Gene Barretta, illus. by Frank Morrison. HarperCollins/Tegen, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-243015-1
Barretta opens this sensitive biography on a moment of triumph as Carver overcomes the scorn of a roomful of white congressmen in 1921. Told he has only 10 minutes to make his case, he enthralls them, then talks for another hour. A portrait by...
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Gene Barretta, illus. by Craig Orback. Little, Brown/Ottaviano, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-316-33898-1
Budding film buffs gain insight into the work of Steven Spielberg (b. 1946) in this play-by-play account spotlighting his school-age cinematic efforts and first amateur feature-length film. Opening with Spielberg’s early experience as a moviegoer in
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