Kate Hoefler, illus. by Jonathan Bean. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-544-14892-5
Writing in prose with the lilt and plainspoken poetry of a classic cowboy song, debut author Hoefler makes a winning case that those who are home on the range are self-aware, empathic, conscientious, “as many different colors as the earth,” and...
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Jonathan Bean, Author . FSG $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-374-30446-1
Bean (The Apple Pie That Papa Baked
; reviewed below) creates almost magical rhythms in this pitch-perfect story. As the opening pages describe bedtime at the main character's urban house (“At night, after her brother and sister went to...
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Jonathan Bean. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-374-38023-6
Not unlike Dan Yaccarino did in All the Way to America, Bean (At Night) turns family history into something larger, in this case a romantic portrait of the rewards of diligence, teamwork, and a DIY mentality. In a concluding note accompanied by...
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Jonathan Bean. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-374-30696-0
A “big snow” can’t arrive soon enough for a boy named David. Mom tries to keep him occupied with household tasks, but everything he does only makes him think about what’s happening outside (flour, bathroom cleaner suds, and white bed sheets all...
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Jonathan Bean. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-374-38020-5
Bean (Big Snow) offers a humorous and informative view of a homeschooling household. The boy who narrates—inspired by Bean himself, as family photos at the end make clear—stands amid a flock of chickens and addresses readers. “This is my home,” he...
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